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Question For The Hausa On NL by Fulaman198(m): 12:47am On Feb 06, 2018
Now, we know that Maigari is definitely a Hausa name, but what about the surname Maiga which is often attributed to Songhai/Zarma. Did the name Maiga come from Maigari? Thanks!
Re: Question For The Hausa On NL by CAMNEWTON4PRES: 9:31pm On Feb 09, 2018
Bello Bouba Maigari thought that was fulbe
Re: Question For The Hausa On NL by Fulaman198(m): 5:36am On Feb 10, 2018
CAMNEWTON4PRES:
Bello Bouba Maigari thought that was fulbe

Bello/Ballo is Fulani, Maigari is Hausa
Re: Question For The Hausa On NL by JikanBaura(m): 11:00pm On Feb 10, 2018
Fulaman198:
Now, we know that Maigari is definitely a Hausa name, but what about the surname Maiga which is often attributed to Songhai/Zarma. Did the name Maiga come from Maigari? Thanks!

Maiga is zabarmawa name as you suggested. It means Dan zaki and every different from hausa Mai gari (Village master) it's a royal titled.

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Re: Question For The Hausa On NL by Fulaman198(m): 6:06am On Feb 11, 2018
JikanBaura:


Maiga is zabarmawa name as you suggested. It means Dan zaki and every different from hausa Mai gari (Village master) it's a royal titled.

Wow excellent information, thank you so much for it!

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