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Makuba Center for Arts and Culture
@makubacac
A non-profit organization focussed on the promotion of the history, arts and culture of the people of Northern Nigeria.
Sep 6, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD

117yrs ago on 29 October 1902, Frederick John Dealtry Lugard in consultation with Walter Richard Samuel Miller replaced Arabic & Arabic script Hausa (Ajami) with English & Romanized Hausa as the official language of Northern Nigeria. What were the effects of this change? A. The structural dislocation of education in Northern Nigeria. Prior to the change, century-old scholarships were developed in humanistic, scientific and social-scientific disciplines in Arabic & Ajami. But all of those scholarships henceforth were rendered moribund & obsolete.
Sep 5, 2021 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
1. AREWA/HAUSA KNOT (DAGIN AREWA): THE ORIGIN.

Arewa knot remains a symbol used for decorating houses and clothing in every corner of Northern Nigerian.

Now what is it's origin and meaning?

#Thread Image 2. Let us start by saying that they are many accounts of the origin of the Arewa/Hausa eternal knot bt, the one we found fascinating is the one citing Judaic presence in Northern Nigeria

The genealogy of Jewish Hausa rulers is cited in several books e.g the book of Mr. Bubu Hama Image