“Discovering Kano isn’t just a travel story. Yes, it’s about my journey to northern Nigeria — the people I met, the culture I stepped into, the surprises that upended my plans. But the deeper journey was inward. Missing the Durbar, my “main event,” turned out to be a gift. Each twist and turn urged me to slow down, listen, and see Kano differently — not as a dot on a map, but as a rhythm, a pulse in my ancestry, an ancient heartbeat. In the end, the trip I thought I was taking was never the real trip at all.”