Example Sentences

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Goodluck Jonathan – who served from 2010 to 2015 – had a relatively balanced team of two ethnic Fulanis, two Hausas, one Atyap, one Igbo, one Yoruba and one Calabar.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

In the top eight he had three Hausas, two Kanuris, one Igbo, one Yoruba and one Nupe.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

"The Hausas have long struggled with alienation… and they tired of being called foreigners," says researcher Mohamed Ahmed, an expert on communities in Sudan with West African ties.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2022

Its nearly 70 million people are divided into three major ethnic groups�the Yorubas, Hausas and Ibos�and some 250 tribal offshoots.

From Time Magazine Archive

Enormously as they outnumbered their assailants, the sight of the glittering bayonets and the cheers of the Hausas were too much for the enemy.

From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Paget, Walter