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Maguzawa are a subcategory of the Hausa people. Most of the citizens are found in the rural areas close to Kano and Katsina and other parts of Northern Nigeria. They are known to have facial scarification similar to early rulers of Kano and Katsina. In terms of culture, there are major differences between Muslim Hausas and the Maguzawa in terms of religion and social organization.[citation needed]

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Maguzawa Hausa people

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Maguzawa are a subcategory of the Hausa people. Most of the citizens are found in the rural areas close to Kano and Katsina and other parts of Northern...

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Hausa animism

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Maguzawa Hausa people's religious traditions, Bori became a state religion led by ruling-class priestesses among some of the late precolonial Hausa Kingdoms...

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Gender roles and fluidity in indigenous Nigerian cultures

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major Hausa states between the 11th and 12th century. The predominant religious practices of the Hausa-Fulani people prior to this invasion was Maguzawa an...

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Goje

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around jinn possession, such as the Bori and Hauka traditions of the Maguzawa Hausa, Zarma, Borori, and Songhay. These instruments are held in high esteem...

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Ikara

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The Maguzawa are people who were originally pagans or who may converted to christianity later in the 20century. The maguzawa were originally Hausa speaking...

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Niger

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Manga near Zinder, both of whom practice variations of the pre-Islamic Hausa Maguzawa religion. There are also some tiny Boudouma and Songhay animist communities...

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Girka

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"Girka · 820103, Nigeria". Hausa to English Dictionary of Bargery. http://maguzawa.dyndns.ws/frame.html History of Girka and its Current...

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Aminu Baba Ari

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Chacha Aljanna Dijama Hassan da Hussain Raina Jakar Magori Layar Bata Maguzawa Mai dokar Bacci Mazan Bachi Kawa Zuci Rai Na Ragon Shiri Sakarkaru Siyasar...

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Karaye

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were the Maguzawa, who ritualized under trees. The second settlers in the area are Hausa, Fulani, Kanuri, and other Nigeria. All the people live peacefully...

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Faskari

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Danyabani. It was at that spot the ancestors of Danboka (the pagan Maguzawa people dwelling in the rocks) who came around the place from Daura met Muhammadu...

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List of villages in Kaduna State

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Kwassalo; Ung. Kago/ L. E. A. Kago; Ung. S/Gwarzo, Ung. S/Gwarzo; Ung. S/Maguzawa, Ung. S/Gwarzo; Ung. Tukur, Ung. Tukur; Ung. Wambai, Ung. Wambai; Ung....

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Systems of social stratification

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binds all Hausa men to some extent. The Maguzawa are organized into small villages of exogamous patrilineal kin. Conversely, Muslim Hausa local organization...

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