Well this is just my personal observation and I hope I'm right. Having stayed most of life in d north , I have come to observe that hausa men don't really and necessarily go for highly educated working class hausa women. You see d men befriend the women at school or at work, but that's only the much it goes. When it comes to marriage, the Hausa guys value those young teenage secondarians more than these hausa ladies with bsc,msc,mbbs,llm,phd or whatever qualifications. Even hausa traders and merchants also hardly go for these educated independent women. At the end of the day, these educated and carrier minded ladies are left for very late marriages- some don't even get married at all, others end up been second, third or fourth wives of some less educated business men or they arrange marriages with their drivers or other domestic guys who may even have a first wife already.
Right now, all over major cities of d north, we have successful career women with porch houses and rides in their late 30s, 40s and 50s who have never been married for a single day. They are been let down by their fellow colleagues and mates who look beyond them and go for teenagers. I do hope and sincerely too that this trend of educated hausa men not considering their fellow educated hausa women change so we won't have a major social problem in our societies.
In the meantime, I would like to advise fathers to at least get their daughters engaged b4 sending them for higher educational qualifications ,if they can't get married before going for further studies. That way the men won't feel intimidated that the ladies are so highly qualified or educated ,because they got engaged while still less educated .Also the ladies won't easily look down on the men, since they would have now known each other for long and respected each other well. It's a known fact among men that once women acquire more educational qualifications and careers they become extremely difficult to impress and will in most cases look down on the men or see themselves as some kind of equals

Is there any law refraining them from marrying outside their tribe?

Let them marry other progressive-minded tribes... if they feel they are not complete without a man.

The average northern man is totally insecure when it comes to learned women.

Op you are correct,Kadahria Ahmed is a perfect case study.

blizard44:
Is there any law refraining them from marrying outside their tribe?

Let them marry other progressive-minded tribes... if they feel they are not complete without a man.

The average northern man is totally insecure when it comes to learned women.

Yea many do marry out of their tribes, d only problem being religious differences , as in they ain't allowed to marry xtian men.
But they themselves also create problems, in that while still within youthful ages,some may they reject to be second wives

Education for women is a scam

help us to marry them now,
tell ur brothers to also do da same.
dz sun is too hot abeg

Until they Hausa reverse the law or tradition of allowing their men marry an under-aged girls, this educated matured ladies will find it difficult to get married.

I served in the north during my NYSC, I get to believe so many things said about this people.

I was shocked when I saw girls of 14yrs, 15yrs already a mother, what annoyed me most was those that married them are at their early 40's or late 40's.

Now tell me how it will be possible for the matured ladies to get married.

The men have believe that this small ones are ONU UGU and this will make them not considering the matured ones.

But once this tradition have been reversed the men don't have any other option than to go for the ladies that are due for marriage

raphemmanuel:
Until they Hausa reverse the law or tradition of allowing their men marry an under-aged girls, this educated matured ladies will find it difficult to get married.

I served in the north during my NYSC, I get to believe so many things said about this people.

I was shocked when I saw girls of 14yrs, 15yrs already a mother, what annoyed me most was those that married them are at their early 40's or late 40's.

Now tell me how it will be possible for the matured ladies to get married.

The men have believe that this small ones are ONU UGU and this will make them not considering the matured ones.

But once this tradition have been reversed the men don't have any other option than to go for the ladies that are due for marriage

They won't reverse it o. U even see a university professors here in d north leaving all his students, past and present and picking a jss girl for a second wife.
I really wonder whether they see graduates and career women as ladies who may not be virgins or whatever

Little wonder ganduje daughter in her early thirty (it was rumored that she is older than him) rush marry oyo state gov son

You don't have the right to choose for a man what age he ought to marry.

An educated woman is less fertile. Quote me anywhere.

duvetmaster:
You don't have the right to choose for a man what age he ought to marry.

An educated woman is less fertile. Quote me anywhere.

what makes her less fertile?

Quality20:
what makes her less fertile?

because she has spent her youthful years educating herself rather than starting a family. Secondly after finishing college she seems for a career rather than starting a family and time is passing by.

Quality20:
Well this is just my personal observation and I hope I'm right. Having stayed most of life in d north , I have come to observe that hausa men don't really and necessarily go for highly educated working class hausa women. You see d men befriend the women at school or at work, but that's only the much it goes. When it comes to marriage, the Hausa guys value those young teenage secondarians more than these hausa ladies with bsc,msc,mbbs,llm,phd or whatever qualifications. Even hausa traders and merchants also hardly go for these educated independent women. At the end of the day, these educated and carrier minded ladies are left for very late marriages- some don't even get married at all, others end up been second, third or fourth wives of some less educated business men or they arrange marriages with their drivers or other domestic guys who may even have a first wife already.
Right now, all over major cities of d north, we have successful career women with porch houses and rides in their late 30s, 40s and 50s who have never been married for a single day. They are been let down by their fellow colleagues and mates who look beyond them and go for teenagers. I do hope and sincerely too that this trend of educated hausa men not considering their fellow educated hausa women change so we won't have a major social problem in our societies.
In the meantime, I would like to advise fathers to at least get their daughters engaged b4 sending them for higher educational qualifications ,if they can't get married before going for further studies. That way the men won't feel intimidated that the ladies are so highly qualified or educated ,because they got engaged while still less educated .Also the ladies won't easily look down on the men, since they would have now known each other for long and respected each other well. It's a known fact among men that once women acquire more educational qualifications and careers they become extremely difficult to impress and will in most cases look down on the men or see themselves as some kind of equals

Northerners like teenagers.13 yr old. a girl who wants to go to school will be over 30 after graduation.Overripe mango no dey sweet

Quality20:
They won't reverse it o. U even see a university professors here in d north leaving all his students, past and present and picking a jss girl for a second wife.
I really wonder whether they see graduates and career women as ladies who may not be virgins or whatever

Common with Muslim north not Christian north

Quality20:
Well this is just my personal observation and I hope I'm right. Having stayed most of life in d north , I have come to observe that hausa men don't really and necessarily go for highly educated working class hausa women. You see d men befriend the women at school or at work, but that's only the much it goes. When it comes to marriage, the Hausa guys value those young teenage secondarians more than these hausa ladies with bsc,msc,mbbs,llm,phd or whatever qualifications. Even hausa traders and merchants also hardly go for these educated independent women. At the end of the day, these educated and carrier minded ladies are left for very late marriages- some don't even get married at all, others end up been second, third or fourth wives of some less educated business men or they arrange marriages with their drivers or other domestic guys who may even have a first wife already.
Right now, all over major cities of d north, we have successful career women with porch houses and rides in their late 30s, 40s and 50s who have never been married for a single day. They are been let down by their fellow colleagues and mates who look beyond them and go for teenagers. I do hope and sincerely too that this trend of educated hausa men not considering their fellow educated hausa women change so we won't have a major social problem in our societies.
In the meantime, I would like to advise fathers to at least get their daughters engaged b4 sending them for higher educational qualifications ,if they can't get married before going for further studies. That way the men won't feel intimidated that the ladies are so highly qualified or educated ,because they got engaged while still less educated .Also the ladies won't easily look down on the men, since they would have now known each other for long and respected each other well. It's a known fact among men that once women acquire more educational qualifications and careers they become extremely difficult to impress and will in most cases look down on the men or see themselves as some kind of equals

based on ur theory, the ladies have just 3 viable options…

they will reverse the law in due time ,just like tunisia did,to allowed people marry outside their religion and tribe.but for now?its serve them better.

Ikpongiton:
they will reverse the law in due time ,just like tunisia did,to allowed people marry outside their religion and tribe.but for now?its serve them better.

Nigeria is more complex a country than Tunisia is

their problem...let them face it..also been educated does not mean these ladies will loyal and faithful... two traits most men look for... in short who MSC and PhD help?..get a good and faithful wife and live long

babyfaceafrica:
their problem...let them face it..also been educated does not mean these ladies will loyal and faithful... two traits most men look for... in short who MSC and PhD help?..get a good and faithful wife and live long

go ask every man who's lost a job, to know d value of ur wife's education.

debaj10:
go ask every man who's lost a job, to know d value of ur wife's education.

lots of uneducated women with job abeg.....even with graduates all over tr country..where are the jobs for them?..education does not guarantee job or success.. next!!

babyfaceafrica:
lots of uneducated women with job abeg.....even with graduates all over tr country..where are the jobs for them?..education does not guarantee job or success.. next!!

lol
na dat type u dey plan mari?
and do u think d uneducated northern women are permitted by their husbands to own real businesses or do jobs that can substitute for their husbands' salary?
stop trying to win an arguemrnt and think things through.

debaj10:
lol
na dat type u dey plan mari?
and do u think d uneducated northern women are permitted by their husbands to own real businesses or do jobs that can substitute for their husbands' salary?
stop trying to win an arguemrnt and think things through.

k

But why is it that way ?
They men can marry Christians while Christian men can’t marry Muslim women?

kunkelhanspeter:
But why is it that way ?
They men can marry Christians while Christian men can’t marry Muslim women?

do d christian women who marry Muslims in d north practice their faith?

debaj10:
do d christian women who marry Muslims in d north practice their faith?

Have not been to North before which I am planning to serve there but here in the South Muslim men do marry Christian women and dey will convert to Muslim