🇳🇬 Arewa · Northern Nigeria · 2026
Connect with Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Maiduguri and the Arewa diaspora worldwide. Hausa language, Kannywood culture, real conversations. The first chat platform built for the North.
🚀 Enter Arewa Chat RoomArewa — meaning "North" in Hausa — is the cultural and political identity of Northern Nigeria. Home to over 80 million Hausa-Fulani speakers across 19 states, Arewa is one of the most populous and linguistically unified regions in Africa.
The Arewa region stretches from Kano (Nigeria's second largest city) through Sokoto (seat of the Sultanate), Kaduna (political capital of the North), Maiduguri, Zaria, Bauchi and beyond. It shares borders with Niger to the north, Chad to the northeast and Cameroon to the east — creating a natural cross-border Hausa-speaking world.
Kannywood, based in Kano, is Africa's second largest film industry. It produces over 200 Hausa-language films per year — romantic dramas, comedies, Islamic morality tales — watched by millions across West Africa. Kannywood stars are household names in every Northern Nigerian home.
Notable names: Ali Nuhu ("The King of Kannywood"), Adam A. Zango, Rarara (music), Hausa stand-up comedians who dominate TikTok. Kannywood content is the most discussed topic in Arewa chat rooms — fan debates, gossip, new releases.