'yan daudu challenge the dominant norms of what aspect of northern nigerian culture

'Yan daudu use language as a tool with which to challenge the dominant norms of northern Nigerian culture.

Yan daudu are one gathering of masu harka, a mystery code term for "individuals who do the deed"— men who have intercourse with other men. 'Yan daudu are men who act like ladies, cooking, serving nourishment, singing, moving, or filling in as prostitutes. Yan daudu use language, their bodies, apparel, sustenance and their media, for example, motion pictures and recordings to play with the regular implications of male and female, masculine and feminine.