Carl E. Trail Indiana

As most of the West African coastal countries, Nigeria is divided into two religious: During the mainly ethnic Yoruba and Ibo Christian populated south, was a missionary, spreading to the north by the Trans-Saharan trade from Arabia, Islam. For example, today 13 states have adopted since 2000 as the Sharia legal system. Populated the north of the mainly Hausa and the Fulani, a partially mixed to form a national group "Hausa-Fulani" have, and the Kanuri in the north-eastern state of Borno. Hausa is the most important non-colonial African languages and is spoken not only by the spread in West Africa, Hausa, but in the northern parts of Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and the Ivory Coast used as a trade language. It is strongly influenced by Arabic, which is reflected in the debate. The Hausa are the largest ethnic group in Nigeria.
The north contains the second largest city in Nigeria, while the oldest city in West Africa: Kano. This city was with one of the most important towns in Sokoto trans-Saharan trade. Sokoto was the capital of the caliphate and is still a religious center of Islam.
In Yorubagebiet where I live, I often hear that the North is ignorant and poor is why many Hausas came to the South and especially to Lagos, where they can get simple and low-paid work as a shoemaker, street cooking, Okada riders or money changer . Since the majority of the operators of Suya-Grill (Suya is grilled meat) comes from the north and thus Muslim, I was told once that I should not buy Suya, because poison the Hausa it for Christians. And even my Boss, who has lived 22 years in the United Kingdom, said that come from a bad stomach upset me by poisoned Suya. These prejudices have not just to unify the country, which suffers so already under severe conflicts between Muslims and Christians, which is seen on the riots in Jos, was in the middle of Nigeria and therefore in the border region between Muslims and Christians, is located.
I myself have been visiting a mosque in Lagos have noticed the huge cultural difference between the two religion-dominated parts of Nigeria. On my trip north was confirmed then my picture. Both scenic and culturally very different in Nigeria. The people came to me quietly, often more respectful, not so much on consumption and money secured and balanced before. You called us not Oyinbo or the Hausa equivalent "Batauri" behind preconceived, we will not start and did not try to convince us of their religion. On the other hand, I can not take the people of Lagos as a multicultural metropolis and demoralized by the money as a perfect example of Yoruba.
The clothing is different even in the colors. In the north, the men wear plain, long robes, consisting partly of bright fabrics, while suits are worn in the south of colorful, multi-colored and patterned fabrics. The women mostly wear headscarves in the north.
to travel to the north was a good decision perceive the cultural diversity of Nigeria to.