Hausa is the most widely spoken language in West Africa after English and French. It is the language of trade across Northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Ghana, Sudan, and beyond. It is the language of the Arewa — Nigeria's North — and a gateway into a culture of immense depth, from Hausa architecture to Sufi poetry to the ancient courts of Kano and Katsina. Learning Hausa is not just about speaking to people — it is about being able to move through an entire civilisation that the world barely knows exists.
Programme levels
Find your starting point
Beginner
Complete newcomer. We start from sounds, basic vocabulary, greetings, and the script (optional).
Intermediate
You understand some Hausa but can't sustain a conversation. We fix that through structured immersion.
The curriculum
What you will learn
More than words
Hausa culture centres the concept of mutunci — personal honour, dignity, and social respect. How you greet someone, how you address them, how you speak about others — these are not small things. They are measurements of character. When you learn Hausa correctly, you don't just get words — you get the social intelligence to operate inside one of Africa's oldest and most sophisticated urban cultures.
What's included
Every tool you need to become fluent
Student voices
What our learners say
I work across Northern Nigeria and learning Hausa changed every meeting I walked into. The respect you receive when you speak their language is real.
My father is Hausa but we grew up speaking English at home. This programme is how I found his side of the family, linguistically.
Common questions
Everything you need to know
Your journey starts with one class.
Join Hausa students already reconnecting with their language, their culture, and themselves.