Hausa Women Modernity and Identities A Glimpse from the Pen of Hausa Women Writers
Hausa Women Modernity and Identities A Glimpse from the Pen of Hausa Women Writers The gender debate in Northern Nigeria for the past four decades has been focusing on the marginalization of women in political affairs, their unaccounted contribution to the national economies they found themselves in; lack of, or inaccessibility to education, differentials […]
Dada Sare A Woman of Substance in Colonial Northern Nigeria
Dada Sare A Woman of Substance in Colonial Northern Nigeria History of Northern Nigerian Women, most especially during the colonial times will be incomplete without special mention and paying a great tribute to Hajiya Maimuna Dada Sare. She was a woman of substance and prestige as testified by some colonial officers who worked and interact […]
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 […]
Languages and Literary Development in Multilingual Publishing in Northern Nigeria
The literacy base of the Hausa of northern Nigeria was established with their Islamic scholastic tradition dating back to 15th century. This saw the domestication of the Arabic script as localized Ajami script and which was used as a literacy base for hundreds of years. However, British colonialism from 1903 to 1910 stunted this local […]
Living with Energy Crisis: Survey of Households’ Coping Strategies in Katsina Urban Area, Northern Nigeria
Living with Energy Crisis: Survey of Households’ Coping Strategies in Katsina Urban Area, Northern Nigeria Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) the energy sector is generally in crisis and demands are variably met with fossil-based, water-based, forest-based and renewable sources. When problems affect forest and water recourses (for example drought and land degradation), extraction/sales of fossil […]