Hausa

The history of Hausaland is also distinguished by the preservation of orally transmitted legends in written form. The most famous of these texts is the Kano chronicle, written in Arabic in the nineteenth Century, but containing far older hausa traditions. The chronicle relates in chronological order the stories of the rulers of Kano, one of the several Hausa City states.

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Igbo

The Igbo people number between 20 and 25 million, and they live all over Nigeria since they cannot be accomodated in the original land area that is called Igboland. The Ibgoland is now situated in seven states of Nigeria with a variety of dialects that include Ikwere, Etche, Ika and Ibo. There is also a great number of Igbo speaking People in the Diaspora.

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Yoruba:

The term Yoruba describes a number of semi-independent people likely linked by geography, language, history and religion. The yoruba live primaril in nigeria and some parts of Benin, Togo and Sierra Leone. They are amongst the most urbanized people in Africa. Ibadan, located in southern Nigeria, is one of the oldest and largest black cities in Africa.

For more information : Yoruba Brochure

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