The show resonates with viewers, sparking conversations about family size. Families eagerly assemble every week in Kano, the second-largest city in Nigeria, to watch the hit television program "Gidan ...
KANO, Nigeria — Five young sisters and their brother crowded around a small television in their modest cement house, a wriggling, giggling pile of skinny limbs and abandoned homework. Like families ...
Sani directing children to tidy up a courtyard at the small school where he is the principal, in Kano, Nigeria. — ©2024 The New York Times Company FIVE young sisters and their brother crowded around a ...
The Sani family in northern Nigeria has six children, more than the parents can afford but fewer than their own parents had. Birthrates, and the decisions couples make about family size, are changing ...