The Internet Archive (IA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building and maintaining a free and openly accessible online digital library. This library includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages. I have searched the archive for Hausa documents  and found – among other materials ... [view entry]

The Hausa section of Deutsche Welle has launched a new podcast “TaÉ“a Ka Lashe”, which deals with culture and religion issues : Muna gabatar muku da shirye-shirye masu Æ™ayatarwa da suka shafi al’adu da zamantakewa tsakanin al’ummomi da mabiya addinai daban-daban da nufin kyautata tsarin zamantakewa da fahimtar juna ta... [view entry]

People keep asking me about a Hausa online bible, preferably with an English translation side by side. The good news: There is a Hausa Bible (excluding the Deutero-canonical books) available at a French web site. Deutero-canonical books are available somewhere else. In order to make it easier to use I... [view entry]

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. (Wikipedia) A while ago, I have started using Twitter to send short messages in Hausa and I have also subscribed to other people’s  Hausa “tweets”. Have a look at [view entry]

Carmen McCain is a PhD Candidate in the Department of African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is currently doing her dissertation research on Hausa films in Kano, Nigeria, where she also coordinates the Hausa Home Video Resource Centre in the Department of Mass Communications at... [view entry]

Today, 8 September, is  International Literacy Day. According to the UNESCO website, On International Literacy Day each year, UNESCO reminds the international community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally. Despite many and varied efforts, literacy remains an elusive target: some 776 million adults lack minimum literacy skills... [view entry]

Today, 12 August, is International Youth Day. On the BBC Hausa website (Shirin Safe of today), I found the following: “A yau kasashen Duniya ke bukin ranar Matasa ta wannan shekara. Majilissar Dinkin Duniya ce ta ware ranar goma sha biyu na watan Agustan kowacce shekera domin wayar da kan... [view entry]

About a year ago,  I warned in a blog post that Hausa Wikipedia could soon be closed, due to lack of activity. I don’t know whether it was because of this post or due to some other factors, but since then, Hausa wikipedia is growing fast.  Have a look, and maybe... [view entry]

The African Language Materials Archive (ALMA) is a multi-partner project focusing on the promotion and documentation of literature and literacy in the languages of Africa. It also serves to assist African language authors and publishers in publicizing and distributing their work. The ALMA project has two websites. At the Digital... [view entry]

Today, here in Germany, we celebrate “Tag des Baumes” (Arbor day). Arbor Day originated in Nebraska, United States and is celebrated in a number of countries, at different times. It is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. I found the above Hausa drawing at... [view entry]