Is the centuries-old Hausa-Fulani marriage headed for divorce?, by Osmund Agbo Growing up, I have to admit that I harbored certain misconceptions about people living north of the River Niger. In my youthful naivety, which was not uncommon among those around me at the time, we simplistically viewed the North as more or less a monolithic entity—uniform in identity, religion, and perhaps political ideology. However, as I counted more gray hairs, traveled, made more friends and gained a deeper understanding of the Arewa landscape, it became clear that this belief...