The Hausas are mostly found in the northern part of Nigeria. They constitute the largest ethnic group in northern Nigeria. The Fulani people also settled amongst the Hausas having also largely adopted the Hausas language and culture.
The region are mostly Muslims, with Islam being influential in the region the religion was spread among northern Nigeria from Mali, profoundly becoming an influence to the Hausas belief and customs. A small minority of the Hausas known as 'maguzawa' remained pagans or practiced other religions.
Politically, the Hausas society were organized on feuds between houses, villages and families where the strongest house or family becomes rulers which are known as emirs or 'sarki' as popularly called in the Hausas dialect. The emir (sarki) is sorrounded by a large number of office holders who ruled and conquered villages as chiefs from which their agents collect taxes. The records of these transactions are written in Arabic.
The Hausa people are mostly farmers who farmed sorghum, maize, millet and other grains, with groundnut as a main source of income which brought about the great groundnut pyramid in Kano, depending on the manure from the Fulani cattle. The Hausas are also good business men as they have arrived to succeed in businesses, they also specialize in crafts such as leather woks, silversmithing, thatching, weaving and also hunting. The Hausas are also famous for long distant travellers.
Descents, close kind especially cousins are preferred marriage partners. According to the Islamic law, a man is entitled to four wives, which predominantly makes the Hausa men polygamous, with divorce though regulated by Islamic law is frequent.
The food in Hausa land are mostly carbohydrates as they tend to prepare grains in different ways, some of their local foods includes Masa made of rice, danwake, brabusko and numerous others with miyan kuka and miyan taushe as the most preferred soup in the average Hausa man's house. It is believed that not a day goes by and either these soups are prepared.
The Hausas though presumed hostile are a very friendly people who are willing to learn and teach so long as whatever an individual does has no effect on their religious and cultural beliefs. A Hausa man can defend his culture and religion as the Sharia law is mostly practiced in northern Nigeria. Though the law applies only if you are from the north and of Hausa descent otherwise, the individual will be tried according to the Nigerian law and constitution.
The Hausa educational system was predominantly the almajiri form of education where a child is force to leave his parents in search of Islamic education in distant or neighbouring cities or villages where the teachers of Islamic knowledge are referred to as mallams. Though the Hausa mans love for knowledge and civilization has made them adopt formal education even up to university levels.
An average Hausa man, learned or not is politically inclined and business oriented, their love for themselves cannot be over emphasized as they believe they are descents of same ancestry. Learning the Hausa language can be easy as a Hausa man feels more comfortable dialoguing in Hausa language or Arabic than English language and so can teach others to understand their language in order to effect an effectual communication.
Hausas are good people