The internet
has become an indispensable aspect of human life. Today, if the internet should
cease to exist for
just an hour, the magnitude of catastrophic consequential loss that will follow is unimaginable.
Several academic fields and languages have wholeheartedly embraced the
internet. Hausa is one of the developing languages on the internet. By the end
of 2020, there were at least 44 highly visited Hausa websites with diversed contents and high online visibility. On this basis, research works should be conducted about the Hausa on the internet to
ascertain the current situation and scenarios as well as to see to the improvement of same. The
objectives of the research
are to study the (i) Hausa culture-based internet contents, (ii) the
attainments and challenges surrounding Hausa websites and blogs, and (iii)
determining sustainable measures for enriching and dissemination of Hausa culture-based contents on
the internet. The scope of the study is limited to Hausa culture within the
domain of the internet. The study methodologically used interviews and online
textual analysis in obtaining the research data. Platonism is adapted as a
theory that guides the research, on the basis of which the research opines the
existence of a physical world and an incorporeal world – the latter being the
internet. It is also based on the Hausa philosophy that “zamani riga ce” (change before you have to), which
emphasizes that the Hausas should embrace and utilize the internet as a
precaution to being poorly represented. The research confirms that today,
nothing can be successful and earn global recognition and acceptance without
the help of the internet. It also realizes that, though the Hausa culture is spreading more on the internet,
Hausa websites and blogs face a lot of challenges one of which is inadequate
knowledge of the language by the websites and/or blogs administrators. Finally,
the research offers some recommendations among which one is that the individuals and authorities concerned
- including agencies, departments, instructors, and researchers - should make
efforts to ensure adequate representation and presentation of Hausa on the
internet.
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HAUSA: Kuna iya rubuto mana tsokaci ko tambayoyi a ƙasa. Tsokacinku game da abubuwan da muke ɗorawa shi zai tabbatar mana cewa mutane suna amfana da wannan ƙoƙari da muke yi na tattaro muku ɗimbin ilimummuka a wannan kafar intanet.