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By Muhammad Muhammad Salisu Meet Professor Rudolf Gaudio (he has adopted a Hausa name, Sani), a professor of anthropology at the State University of New York, who started learning Hausa…
By Muhammad Muhammad Salisu Meet Professor Rudolf Gaudio (he has adopted a Hausa name, Sani), a professor of anthropology at the State University of New York, who started learning Hausa…
By Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu Frankfurt, Germany. 3rd July 2013 The German immigration officer looked at me and gave the usual clenched-mouth smile. I did the same. I am used…
By Dr Shamsuddeen Sani In my opinion, as a student of knowledge, there might be three reasons why I think everyone interested in Kano should read the 5-volume book Kano…
By Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu His name was Tijjani, and nicknamed Ma’aslam. He mainly lived in the Sabon Sara ward, Kano city, but was a common sight along the Mandawari…
By Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu I first met Philip Jaggar in March 2008 at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) when I was engaged as the cinematographer for…
By Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu I was rummaging through my travel pictures when I came across a picture that I am sure has not been published anywhere. I saw it…
By Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu SE01EP02: Deep Space: The Apotheosis Like a bolt of lightning, a key to open the freedom door dropped literally on my lap through the radio.…
By Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu The academic world will never cease to amaze me. Let us look at just one example. Take an invitation to present a paper at an…
By Muhammad Sabiu The Hausa-speaking community on social media, especially Facebook and Twitter, is today celebrating World Hausa Day for the seventh time. However, Nigeria’s Twitter ban early this year…
By Salisu Yusuf Sunday, 8th of August, 2021 was a black day for the family of Malam Isah Abba Adamu, the BBC Hausa Service, its listeners, Kano people, the Hausa…