“Komai Nisan Dare, Akwai Wani Online”

Social Media and the Emergence of Hausa Neoproverbs

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ID20249246
AutoresAbdalla Uba Adamu (0000-0002-9056-5608, Bayero University Kano, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume12
Fascículo3
Páginas44
Data de publicação2023-06-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHumanities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2076-0787 • E-ISSN: 2076-0787
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/h12030044
OpenAlexW4379231002
IdiomaEN
Referências 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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