Ƙabilar Hausa dai, ƙabila ce dake zaune a arewa maso yammacin tarayyar Nijeriya da kudu maso yammacin jamhuriyyar Nijar. Kabilace mai ɗimbin al'umma, amma kuma a al'adance mai mutuƙar haɗaka, akalla akwai sama da mutane miliyan tamanin da harshen yake asali gare su. A tarihance ƙabilar Hausawa na tattare a salasalar birane.Hausawa dai sun sami kafa daularsu ne tun daga shekarun 1300's, sa'adda suka sami nasarori da dauloli kamar su daular Mali, Songhai, Borno da kuma [fulani]. A wasu lokutan Hausawa sun sami gagarumin ikon, mulki da haɗaka ta kau da baki 'yan neman ruwa da tsaki, da kuma neman angizo a cikinta da kuma harkallar bayi. A farko-farkon shekaru na 1900's, a sa'adda kabilar Hausa ke yunkurin kawar da mulkin angizo na fulani, sai turawan mulkin mallaka na Birtaniya suka mamaye arewancin Nijeriya, da kuma kafa manufofin mulkin bayan gida,a bisa ƙarƙashin mulkin birtaniya,'yan mulkin mallaka sai suka marawa [[fulani