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The gates are designed based on Hausa culture and depict Hausa traditional architecture using burn bricks and traditional colors of the Hausa region. On average, the gates reach a height of about five meters with a length of about ten meters. They are illustrated with patterns, marks, symbols and Hausa design, such as a tambarin arewa, a logo ...
Hausa architecture is the architecture of the Hausa people of Northern Nigeria and Niger. [1] Hausa architectural forms include mosques, walls, common compounds, and gates. Hausa traditional architecture is an integral part of how Hausa people construct a sense of interrelatedness with their physical environment .
The gate before renovation in 1970. The kingdom was taken over by the Fulani Empire in 1804 and became an emirate in 1835. [9] The Hausa rulers went into exile and founded Abuja. [9] The emirate was taken by the British in 1902. [9] Rulers of the independent Fulani emirate: [6]
Hausa is also being used in various social media networks around the world. [citation needed] Hausa is considered one of the world's major languages, and it has widespread use in a number of countries of Africa. Hausa's rich poetry, prose, and musical literature is increasingly available in print and in audio and video recordings.
View of the wall. The Ancient Kano City Walls are made up of Dala Hill where it was founded, Kurmi Market and the Emir’s Palace. [6]The Ancient Kano City Walls originally had an estimated height of 30 to 50 ft (9.1 to 15.2 m) and about 40 ft (12 m) thick at the base with 15 gates around it.
The Hausa Kingdoms began as seven states founded according to the bayajidda legend by the six sons of Bawo and himself, the son of the hero and Magajiya Daurama, in addition to the hero's son, Biram or Ibrahim, of an earlier marriage. The states included only kingdoms inhabited by Hausa speakers: Daura; Kano; Katsina; Zaria (Zazzau/Zegzeg ...
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