Abstract
Language
is a matter of common knowledge and medium of communication through which
people express their ideas, emotions feelings and cultural values. This paper
is going to discuss the British colonialists’ politics on the language and role
they play for chosen of Roman Characters as a medium of writing and communication
in the educational system in Northern Nigeria since the inception of colonization,
instated to use Hausa or Arabic which are the northern official languages at
that time. However, it
discussed the target and policy of colonialists about the issue and also, a verbal interview were conducted about
Hausa Language, Literature and Culture on various students from different
departments of Al-Qalam University, Katsina which made the paper to analyze and
observe the effects of the colonial target on the contemporary Northerners youth,
especially Hausas.
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