The Yan Daudu group (culture) existed long time ago however they were not really accepted into existing culture of the North. This is not to say that they weren’t living freely in the society,in fact some of them often get married and still carry on with their yan daudu lifestyle https://twitter.com/wardah_abbas/status/1292947849186091014

However, in recent time, it has been observed that some of them are engaging in homosexuality secretly. This wasn’t part of them before. I discovered this while doing a literature review for a paper titled “The Family, the changing pattern in family formation and structure in..

Nigeria”. The Yan Daudu group before often participate in cultural fastival, but their recent persecution can be Attributed to the alleged engagement in homosexuality by some of them which doesn’t sit well with the traditional Northern Culture and religion.