Hausawa suna daya daga cikin manya-manyan kabilu a Kasar Najeriya, Nijar, Ghana, Sudan, Kamaru da kuma yawancin kasashen yamma da tsakiyar Afirka. Su kaden ya taka wani muhimmin bangare a cikin ci gaban Nijeriya music, bayar da tasu gudunmuwar da irin wannan abubuwa a matsayin Goje, a daya-stringed irin goge . Akwai nau'ikan kide-kide iri biyu na kide-kide na gargajiya na Hausa: kiɗan mutanen karkara da kiɗan kotun birni. Sun gabatar da tsarin al'adun gargajiya na Afirka wanda har yanzu ya shahara a yau. Ana yin kiɗan bikin ( rokon fada ) a matsayin alama ta matsayi, kuma gabaɗaya ana zaɓar mawaƙa don dalilai na siyasa sabanin na kiɗa. Ana iya jin kiɗan bikin a sararin mako-mako, sanarwa ce ta sarki wanda ake yi kowace yamma Alhamis. Courtly yabo-mawaƙa kamar mashahuri Narambada, suna kishin singing cikin falalan wani majiɓinci, kamar wani sultan ko sarkin . Gõdiya songs suna tare da kettledrums da kalangu magana ganguna, tare da kakaki, wani irin dogon ƙaho samu daga cewa amfani da Songhai da sojan doki .