As cultural theorists would have it, however, no culture or language can escape the intervening (and even invading) influences of other cultures and languages. This is also true for the Kanuri ...

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 ...

They value well their culture. Kanuri women are distinctively superb when it comes to caring. Their hairstyle and tattoo which is known as lalle in hausa language can only be described as 'Epic'.

Spoken by approximately ten million people across Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, and Chad, Kanuri had long been studied by linguists, but little academic works had been published on the language.

The dance of Kanuri society is fascinating with the steps and rhythms catching the eye of a first-time spectator. Their language, Kanuri, belongs to the Saharan branch of the Nilo-Saharan family.

Determined to change this, he spent over four decades studying Kanuri's grammar, language documentation, and its role as a second language. Starting in the late 1960s, Cyffer spent time with ...

Linguist had long studied Kanuri, spoken by approximately 10 million people across Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad, but little academic works had been published on the language. Cyffer's ...