The intellectual and cultural impacts of the Maghrib on the Hausaland with special reference to Kano

Abstract EN

This paper provides a historical overview of the impacts which the Maghrib made on the Hausaland with particular reference to Kano.

It also discusses some of the influences, though to a lesser extent, which the east and west Bilad al-Sudan exerted on the region.

The first part of the paper focuses on the educational, literary and linguistic aspects while the second part of the paper deals with foods, clothing and architecture.

The paper wishes to prove that the Maghriban influences are still extant in present day Northern Nigeria.