Niger has adopted Hausa as its national language, replacing French in a major shift from its colonial past.
Growing up as a child in the 90s, we spoke our native language fluently. It was the official language of communication in our home, neighbourhood, church...
In sociology, there are three dominant theories used to critique and predict human nature and interactions. They are structural functionalist, conflict and symbolic interactionist perspectives. The...
To avoid confusion at any point in this article, and to educate those of us who do not know the meaning, let me start this article...
Growing up was fun. From infancy to adulthood, every experience has shaped me into the individual I have become. However, my life story is incomplete without...
Ever wondered how you would enjoy spending time in your dream destination without an understanding of the native language or lingua franca? Well, good news is,...
So my talkative self I ended up in a conversation (argument) about Nigerian tribal languages and cultural identity – half drunk on Orijin (maybe a bit...
A couple of months ago, my younger sister (who at the time attended a very Nigerian populated county college) told me about a Yoruba boy in...
Considering that human’s spend most our waking moments communicating, in fact, one can argue that mastery of communication is synonymous to mastery of emotional intelligence, it...
It was one of our first days of lectures; today’s course was ‘Introduction to Biostatistics’. I knew it would be challenging for me to adapt to...
In an ever changing cosmopolitan world, one has to constantly find that thing – that element which makes you stand out. For some people, it’s where...
I love British and American accents. Yeah, I do. I love the way many Brits omit the ‘t’ from ‘forget’ as if to challenge their ancestors...
On Saturday, I made the most delicious pot of Ofe Onugbu (bitterleaf soup). It had a very generous assortment of stock fish, dry fish, red prawns,...
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