LANGUAGE USE IN POLITICS: A CASE OF HAUSA METAPHORICAL EXPRESSIONS
Abstract This paper ‘Language Use in Politics: A Case of Hausa Metaphorical Expressions’ tries to posit that politicians use electronic media in their electioneering campaigns to persuade and canvass for votes. Language is the main instrument use in delivering political massages. The politicians also use several figures of speech to counter attack the opponents. […]
A Survey of Television Stations Broadcasting in Hausa Language
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 […]
African Languages and the Media The Case of Nigeria Language Policy and the Media
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, […]
A Survey of Hausa Language Misusage by some International Media
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 […]
AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND THE MEDIA BY S.A. ABDULMUMIN
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 […]
The Media Language and Political Stability in Nigeria
Example of the Dog and the Baboon Politics Abstract The Media: Electronic, Print, and Social, is playing very significant roles towards promoting political awareness and stability of any nation. However, for the Media to play its role effectively, a clear and sound grasp of the Language of Communication is necessary. Otherwise, there is the […]