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BBC Hausa was the first African-language service operated by the BBC and is one of the five African languages it broadcasts. The service was launched on 13 March 1957 at 09:30 GMT with a 15-minute programme by the BBC World Service presented by Aminu Abdullahi Malumfashi: a translated version was later read by Abubakar Tunau in the programme West Africa in the News.
Binta Labaran (professionally known as Fati Niger) is a Nigerian singer and actress who has earned the title "Gimbiyar Mawakan Hausa" (translated to "Princess of Hausa music"). She was born and bought up in Maradi, Niger where she had her Quranic education before moving to Nigeria to pursue her singing career. Fati Niger has produced 4 albums ...
Bilkisu Labaran is a Nigerian journalist, editor and head of Africa News & Current affairs at BBC. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She played a vital role in the establiment of BBC pidgin [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and is the first Nigerian BBC editor.
BBC Africa Eye is an investigative branch of the BBC World Service. It has a network of local and investigative journalists and researchers working across Africa and produces a bi-weekly TV and online investigations series broadcast in English, Hausa , Swahili and French.
Hausa Day (Ranar Hausa), formally known #RanarHausa, is an annual cultural celebration observed on the 26th of August by the Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa. [1] The day celebrates Hausa cultural heritage, traditions, language, and art. [1] World Hausa Day has been celebrated by Hausa people in many countries internationally. [1]
Focus on Africa is a BBC news programme broadcast on the international feed of the BBC News channel, and on local partner channels of the BBC in African countries. [1] The programme was presented by Komla Dumor each weekday from its inception until his sudden death, aged 41, in January 2014. [2]
[7] [8] Ali Jita uses Ingausa musical style, a combination of Hausa and English. He use the style to write and sing the song. He use the style to write and sing the song. In 2019 he produced the official video of Arewa angel together with another Kannywood actress Rahama Sadau , he also produced another official video of the song called Love ...
The World Today was an early morning news and current affairs radio programme on the BBC World Service, launched in 1999, and broadcast from 3:00 to 8:30 (GMT) daily as of 2011. It consisted of news bulletins on the hour and half-hour, serious international interviews and in-depth reports of world news.