'Komai Nisan Dare, Akwai Wani Online': Social Media and the Emergence of Hausa Neoproverbs

Autor: Abdalla Uba Adamu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Humanities, Vol 12, Iss 3, p 44 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-0787
DOI: 10.3390/h12030044
Popis: 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.
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