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Boomplay introduces Hausa language to expand platform reach

Boomplay, Africa’s premier music streaming service with a large audience of young people, has introduced local languages to its platform, starting with Hausa, with the aim at expanding its reach and ...
Naija Gist - Latest

7 words and phrases in the Yoruba language with Hausa or Arabic origin

Every language has its peculiarity, languages make up the entirety of any culture. It is also usually common to have some words in a language share similarities in pronunciation and meaning to another ...
Douglas Budget

Nigeria's 'Kannywood' tiptoes between censor boards and modernity

Long overshadowed by south Nigeria's Nollywood, filmmakers in the north of Africa's cinema powerhouse are pushing boundaries ...
The Nation Newspaper

Arewa24 introduces new all-Hausa Language streaming service

Hausa Language entertainment and lifestyle channel in Nigeria and West Africa, AREWA24, has announced the launch of “Arewa24On Demand,” its new global subscription video-on-demand (“SVOD”) and ...
Nature

Hausa Folk-Lore, Customs, Proverbs, & c., Collected and Transliterated with English Translation and Notes

THIS book is intended to serve two distinct objects: to serve as a chrestomathy of the Hausa language, and as a collection of the local folk-lore and custom. It contains a series of lithographed Háusa ...
Modern Ghana

Hadiza Aliyu Gabon: From Gabon to Queen of Kannywood

Hadiza Aliyu, popularly known as Hadiza Gabon, is a celebrated Nigerian-Gabonese actress, filmmaker, philanthropist, and media personality best known for her work in Kannywood the Hausa-language film ...