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INSEPARABILITY OF PULLO-PULLAAKU AND PULLO LINGUISTIC IDENTITY IN NIGERIA Abstract The Pullo has a linguistic identity with which he/she is identified. Fulbe are known to be shy, reserved and trustworthy and these constitute "Pullaaku" as…

Abstract             Dietary habits refer to the habitual decisions of individuals or group of people or culture in regarding what foods they eat or prefer most. Proper dietary choices require the consumption of vitamins, carbohydrates,…

  ABSTRACT               African Sociolinguistics is about the social and cultural dimensions of language in Africa. It studies the patterns of language use on the one hand, and the factors involved in language variation on the other.…

TRADITIONAL HAUSA DESIGN AND HAUSA WOMEN CULTURAL IDENTITY AN OUTLOOK Abstract           Design is the creation of plan or convention for construction of an object, or a system as an architectural blueprint. It is a visual communication…

Language and Identity in Africa: An Analysis of the Use  Of Place Names as Part of Person’s Name in Hausa Place names are labels attached to one’s surroundings. The concept of identity helps to describe the way individuals and groups…

       AMONG THE ASHANTI OF West Africa AND THE ZULU OF SOUTH AFRICA    From being seen as a generation or two ago as a continent full of “tribes,” Africa has more recently been re-examined in light of Western theories of ethnicity and…