Haussa

Roman civilisation carried pederasty also to Northern Africa, where it took firm root, while the negro and negroid races to the South ignore the erotic perversion, except where imported by foreigners into such kingdoms as Bornu and Haussa.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

She shouted a brief order in the Haussa dialect, and a half dozen of the Ubangi ran to the foot of her throne.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

She lifted her head then and began speaking to her army in Haussa.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

As he thundered toward the narrow leafy gateway, he began shouting in Haussa to the unseen Ubangi sentinels in the trees.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

He was half tempted to say something in Haussa, or some other northwestern language, and observe the effect on the man.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

Haussa lines, a few European houses, and the cathedral; and when nearly into Christiansborg, a cemetery on either side of the road.

Travels in West Africa 2003

Generally, the women in Islamic regions, for example, the Toucouleur, Fulbe and Haussa south of the Sahara are seldom seen working in agriculture, which leads to an increased demand for labour forces from outside and favours the advancement of mechanization.

1. Labour productivity and distribution 1991

He was coal black, dressed in an Arab cloak, Haussa trousers, and a cap of red cloth, while two pretty little boys about ten years of age, acting as pages, followed him, each bearing a cow's tail in his hand to brush away flies and other insects.

A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

From the fifteenth century to the present time, the most celebrated slave markets have been Kuka, on Lake Chad, Timbuktu, capital of the Songhay empire, Kano, capital of the Haussa empire, and

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Various

Haussa sheep -- which are very regularly marked, the front parts of their bodies being red and the hind parts white.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 Various