“Komai Nisan Dare, Akwai Wani Online”

Social Media and the Emergence of Hausa Neoproverbs

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20249246
AutoresAbdalla Uba Adamu (0000-0002-9056-5608, Bayero University Kano, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen12
Número3
Páginas44
Fecha de publicación2023-06-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHumanities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2076-0787 • E-ISSN: 2076-0787
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/h12030044
OpenAlexW4379231002
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas20

This paper interrogates the changing paradigm in the evolution of traditional African proverbs in the postcolonial setting in which Hausa youth create proverbs centered around the power of both social media and their technologies. In this context, the notion of colonized subjects, cowering under the glare of English linguistic imperialism, is challenged by the Hausa youth through newly fabricated social media proverbs that acknowledge English terms, but use social media platforms to convey what I call ‘Hausa technofolk’ philosophy. This provides insight into how contemporary African youth force a new narrative in the notion of coloniality

Archaeology · Art · Hausa · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Semiotics · Social media · Social semiotics · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

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