In Gangamari, a neighbourhood in Shehuri North in Maiduguri, a group of women sit spinning cotton or Kantalas as it is called in Kanuri language. The women who have been in this business for years ...

The inclusion of clothing’s, kudin itace and fafarai for the groom in addition to provision of traditional scented wood popularly referred to as turaren wuta or ka’aji in Kanuri are some of ...

The Kanuri people who are also referred to as Bornu can be found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad. Collectively, they are known as Sau — reportedly a race of giants.