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Scholars Bulletin (SB)
Volume-4 | Issue-03 | 292-297
Research Article
Hausa Newspapers: An Historical Account, 1938-2015
Umar Aliyu Bunza, Muhammad Tahir Mallam
Published : March 30, 2018
DOI : 10.36348/sb.2018.v04i03.006
Abstract
Hausa is a language of the people situated in Northern Nigeria, Niger, Ghana and as far as North Africa. The language was blessed with two writing systems: Ajami (with modified Arabic letters) and Boko (using Roman letters). The publication of Hausa Newspapers began in the year 1932 by the Translation Bureau in Zaria which was established in the year 1929. It was begun with a newspaper called Jaridar Nijeriya Ta Arewa. Since that time the Hausa newspaper has continued under different agencies and individuals up to the present time when over 130 newspapers are published in Hausa language. Out of this number, currently less than 40 are circulating and all the remaining ones have died. The aim of this paper is to assess the history of the publication of this newspaper starting from the background and finally suggest the way to empower them.
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