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Welcome to my meanderings on Hausa popular culture (nishadin hululu). The main idea is to share my various ethnographic researches on Hausa popular culture (literature, music, film and occassional art work). I am based in Kano, Nigeria, and have been conducting an ethnographic study of how global media flows impact on Hausa popular culture.

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