Gwagwarwa

Gwagwarwa is a slum in Nigeria. It is a suburb of Kano in Kano State, Nigeria. It is East of the old city of Kano.[1] It is ethnically mixed.[2] To an extent there was spillover from the Sabon Gari in the early 1960s.[3] In the 1960s, it exceeded 10,000 residents.[3] At least at that point, it had a low status.[3] It was inhabited by Haussa and Ibo. The name means brigade.[4]

References
  1. Gaudio, R.P. (2009). Allah Made Us: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City. Wiley. p. 30. ISBN 9781444310528. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  2. Benson, Susan; Duffield, Mark (2009). "Women's Work and Economic Change: the Hausa in Sudan and in Nigeria". The IDS Bulletin. 10 (4): 13–19. doi:10.1111/j.1759-5436.1979.mp10004004.x.
  3. Light, I.H. (1972). Ethnic Enterprise in America: Business and Welfare Among Chinese, Japanese, and Blacks. University of California Press. p. 313. ISBN 9780520017382. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  4. Nigeria. Education Dept; Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Information. Cultural Division (1967). Nigeria Magazine. Government of Nigeria. ISSN 0029-0033. Retrieved 2015-08-26.


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