A Hausa wedding song from northern Nigeria, sung by the bride’s girl friends as she leaves her father’s house in tears for her new husband’s compound.
From this year, you won’t go dancing,
From this year, you won’t go to the dance,
Oral Poetry from Africa
Filed Under: Relationship Poems
A Hausa wedding song from northern Nigeria, sung by the bride’s girl friends as she leaves her father’s house in tears for her new husband’s compound.
From this year, you won’t go dancing,
From this year, you won’t go to the dance,
Filed Under: Pleasure Poems
Dan Sarki bisa keso
A Prince on the mat.
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