Marriage between Igbos and Hausas
The Hausas are the largest tribe in Nigeria, mainly Muslims from the North with the Igbos are mostly Christians from southeastern Nigeria.
This question of marriage between these two different tribes worries many Hausas and Igbos alike, due to the differences in life and religion between them, as well as the political differences that have arisen between the two groups.
Before answering this question we need to look back at the political history of Nigeria since independence. When Nigeria was granted independence in 1960, the Hausas had established a strong political relationship with the Igbos, where Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was appointed Prime Minister of Nigeria and Sir Azikwe, who was an Igbo, was the president. They ruled in trust, love for one another, and great national unity despite their strong religious differences, united for the betterment of Nigeria.
All of a sudden, a group of mainly Igbo officers staged a coup d'etat, killing almost every northern Hausa-Fulani leader, one of the main victims of the assassination was the prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna the then premier of the North along with other Yoruba leaders, but they refused to kill Azikwe who was their brother and was also part of the toppled government as well. The assassination of these Hausa-speaking leaders has angered every northerner to this day, prompting the northern army to retaliate and stage a counter-coup.
From that time onwards, disagreements arose between the Igbos and the Hausa-Fulani of the North.
Can a Hausa man marry his own daughter to an Igbo?
This question is really serious but most of the time Hausas do not give their daughter hand of marriage to the Igbos unless if he is a Muslim or agrees to convert to Islam, or they were all raised in a country other than theirs, that one with human rights laws and order; like the United States. , UK and others.
These seem difficult or even impossible to the Hausa and the Igbos alike.
Many Hausas marry Igbo women because of their beauty, ability to hold a husband and be able to enjoy a happy marriage, but most of those who marry women of the Igbo tribe a likely to be the northern elites, politicians,, or army officers.
