01 People · Kano
Alhassan Dantata: The Boy from Bebeji Who Begged in Accra
Dangote's great-grandfather and his hard start →02 Legend · Kano
Barbushe and the Shrine of Tsumburbura on Dala Hill
The priest of Dala Hill who foretold the end of his own world →03 People · Kano
Gidan Dan Hausa: The 'Son of Hausa' Who Was Swiss
Hanns Vischer and the first western schools in the North →04 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 →05 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 →06 Lost history · Kano
Kano's Groundnut Pyramids Became a Football Field
The groundnut pyramids of the North →07 Legend · Kano
Kano's Walls and the 'New Gate' of 1933
A thousand-year-old wall, fifteen gates, and one called 'new' →08 Legend · Kano
Kofar Mata: One Family's Dye Pits Since 1498
The Dabosa family and Kano's indigo pits →