Did you know that hausas until 20th century weren't muslim or even as faithful to it as today. EVeryone has always associated islam to hausa's in naija, when it was the fulanis that were mainly islamic before the europeans came and the Hausa became more identified with Islam under colonial rule. The British found it necessary to strengthen Muslim leaders who were their allies against “pagans” who sought to resist the imposition of colonial rule or Hausa hegemony. The British perpetrated the fiction that Northern Nigeria was mainly Islamic. The truth was different in 1900. Allegiance to the West African Fulani Islamic ethos of male dominance helped unite Hausa and distinguish them from surrounding “pagan” peoples such as the Gungawa, Kamberi, and others (Michael Smith, 1955; Salamone, 1998). So I just want to hear about your thoughts on hausas( the original hausa, not the hausa-fulani combo).