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Kano Municipal

Kano State · local government

5 stories

01 People · Kano

Gidan Dan Hausa: The 'Son of Hausa' Who Was Swiss

Hanns Vischer and the first western schools in the North →
02 Legend · Kano

Gidan Makama: The Temporary Palace That Became Kano's Museum

Kano's museum lives in a 15th-century house that once stood in for a palace →
03 Lost history · Kano

Gidan Rumfa: A Palace Aligned to Mecca by the Stars

Kano's 500-year-old palace was lined up with Mecca without a compass →
04 Legend · Kano

Kano's Walls and the 'New Gate' of 1933

A thousand-year-old wall, fifteen gates, and one called 'new' →
05 Legend · Kano

Kofar Mata: One Family's Dye Pits Since 1498

The Dabosa family and Kano's indigo pits →