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Arabic Source Materials and their Relevance in the History of the 19th century Sokoto Caliphate The Sokoto Caliphate was an Islamic state that was established in the 19th century in the northern area of modern Nigeria. One of the outstanding achievements of the Sokoto Caliphate was recorded in the area of intellectual activities. The intellectual […]
Abstract THE CASE WITH ARABIC DAYS OF THE WEEK Time is often measured in minutes, hours, days, years etc. The measurement usually starts with a unit of time called second. Next to second is the minute is a period of sixty seconds and beyond the minute is the hour which is one of the […]
Abstract Scholars studying early Nigerian history have had recourse to oral source material as the only available and reliable source of writing History, neglecting a large pool of written source material in Arabic language. This utter neglect could be attributed to the fact that, most of our historians do not have a thorough grasp […]
Abstract The establishment of the Radio Television Kaduna, known as Broadcasting Corporation of Northern Nigeria (BCNN) by the government of the Northern Nigerian Region in 1962, marked the beginning of television broadcasting in Hausa language. Hence, several television stations that were later established in Nigeria, Niger, Ghana and Cameroon began broadcasting in Hausa. This […]
Abstract Nigeria is said to have 500 languages and each of these languages has a legal backing as being a national language. In this paper we shall analyze the language policy of Nigeria that protects all indigenous/national languages against death and for usage at appropriate community and levels. In Nigeria languages are tagged as endangered, […]
Abstract In a struggle to be the first to inform, educate and entertain the African societies in their local languages, International Media, like British Broadcasting Corporation London, Voice of America, Radio DwetWelle and Radio France employed Hausa as one of their languages of broadcast to the Africa. This paper surveys and examines some Hausa […]
THE ROLE OF HAUSA LANGUAGE IN INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ABSTRACT Generally speaking, there is no denying the fact that in the light of current the variables. Hausa language is most populous and widely spoken African language. Hausa language is spoken and used as first and second language respectively by millions of people in West Africa […]