Northern Nigeria: Home of Hospitality

Ezra Bature

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Tuesday 6 January 2026

Northern Nigeria: Home of Hospitality

In the wide embrace of savannah skies,

Where dawn pours gold on ancient plains,
Northern Nigeria rises gently
A homeland shaped by grace and open hands.

Here, the wind carries greetings before names,
And doors remember no locks of fear.
A stranger is a guest of honor,
Welcomed with smiles as warm as the sun.

From Kano’s bustling, timeless streets
To Zaria’s walls of patient history,
Voices blend like woven cloth
Hausa, Fulani, Kanuri tones
Singing unity in difference.

Tea steams softly at the break of day,
Shared beneath neem and acacia trees.
A bowl of tuwo, a seat in the shade,
Offered freely, without question or cost.

Hospitality here is not a gesture
It is a language learned at birth,
Written in the careful passing of water,
In elders’ prayers for travelers’ peace.

Mosques rise calm against the sky,
Calling hearts to humility and care.
Faith teaches hands to give,
And patience to bloom like desert flowers.

In moonlit nights and festival days,
Laughter dances with talking drums.
Stories circle the fire like kin,
Binding generations with warmth and respect.

O Northern Nigeria, land of open hearts,
Where kindness is a heritage kept,
You teach the world a gentle truth:
A home is not walls or earth alone,
But the love that welcomes all who arrive.

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