Word origins

• bogusCounterfeit or fake; not genuine.
• kanoA male American.
• HausaA people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.
• achafonio, esp. Digitaria exilis (white fonio) (a cereal cultivated in western Africa)
• KadunaA state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Kaduna City.
• bokoThe nose.
• alhajititle of respect, often used as a shorthand for a businessman from Northern Nigeria.
• SokotoA state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Sokoto City.
• KwaraA state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ilorin.
• katsinaA state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Katsina City.
• KogiAn indigenous people residing in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in northern Colombia.
• kaimiA perennial plant of species Desmodium incanum.
• achabaA motorcycle taxi.
• almajiriAn itinerant student at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria.
• babanrigaSynonym of agbada.
• Boko HaramAn Islamist jihadist militant group based in Nigeria but active in adjoining Northwest African countries.
• calumbaA bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.
• DauraA city and local government area of Katsina state, in northern Nigeria.
• dogoyaroneem (tree)
• garayaa two-string spike lute from Nigeria and Niger
• gojeA fiddle-like stringed instrument with one or two strings, and a resonator made from a gourd or calabash, originating among the Hausa of West Africa.
• gouroukola
• hanzaBoscia senegalensis, a perennial woody plant species of the genus Boscia, native to West Africa
• hijabiA person, usually a Muslim woman, who wears a hijab.
• kilishiA form of jerky from Hausaland, made from the dried meat of cows, sheep or goats, seasoned, coated in peanut paste, and then roasted.
• kuli-kuliA press cake made from peanuts.
• sarkiThe emir of a Hausa-Fulani emirate.
• suyaA marinated spicy kebab from Nigeria.
• tatasheThe red bell pepper.
• wanzamAn itinerant barber in parts of Africa, especially one that performs circumcisions.