Soldiers of the Northern Nigeria Regiment in traditional Hausa costume, 1902

Photograph, West Africa, 1902.

The Hausa are a largely Muslim people from what is now northern Nigeria and south eastern Niger. There are also significant numbers found in regions of modern-day Sudan, Cameroon, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Chad and smaller communities scattered throughout West Africa.

From an album of 145 photographs associated with the Nigeria Regiment and West Africa, 1901-1902.