Yoruba Community in Gusau, North West Nigeria: A Success Story of Cordial Inter Ethnic Relations.

Abstract

Perhaps the fact that Nigeria was artificially created explains why inter-relations between different ethnic and cultural groups in most of the major cities in the country is characterized by constant discord In Jos the capital of Plateau state for example the relation between the Hausa and Birom has for long been characterized by hostilities In Kano Hausa and Igbo relations has most of the time than not been that of suspicion and antagonism This same story of hostile inter-relation characterized Yoruba-Hausa relations in Lagos and Ibadan However the situation in Gusau our area of study in the present Zamfara State has been different since the early years of the Yoruba settlement in the town The indigenous Hausa communities have been co-existing cordially with the Yoruba migrant to the extent of close marital and strong economic inter-dependence