The Niger Republic has, in a bold move to reclaim its cultural identity, officially replaced French with Hausa as its official language The decision, announced by the General Abdourahamane Tiani ...

One of Africa's biggest countries has demoted French as its official language in favour of a native West African language.

Niger’s junta has adopted Hausa as the national language in the place of French in a further break from Paris, its former colonial master. Since overthrowing civilian president Mohamed Bazoum in ...

particularly Moba (a Gur language spoken primarily in Togo) and Edo (a Volta-Niger language spoken primarily in Nigeria). Most recently, during my MA Thesis research, I examined how these languages ...