Decades ago my "History of Mass Media" professor suggested that Hausa should be declared the lingua franca of West Africa (he wanted us to do away with English and French).

The BBC broadcasts in Swahili in East Africa and Hausa in West Africa because these are the most spoken languages in their respective regions.

HAUSA is spoken in the following West and Central African countries:

1) Niger,
2) Nigeria,
3) Ghana,
4) Benin,
5) Cameroon,
6) Côte d'Ivoire,
7) Sudan,
Togo
9) Chad,
10) Central African Republic,
11) Equatorial Guinea
12) northwestern Sudan,



YORUBA is spoken in the following West African countries:

1) Nigeria
2) Benin
3) Togo
4) Ivory Coast



IGBO is spoken in the following West and Central African countries:

1) Nigeria
2) Cameroun
3) Equatorial Guinea

seedord247:


This tribe nor dey exist for naija again.. The known tribe in naija now is... Yoruba and hausa.

That's better for them. Who wants to be in a country were terrorists, corruption, unemployment, is legalized?

lol

Whites have it good.

Particularly the British in this case....see how people are seeking validation using BBC as a yardstick.

Great info no wonder the guys they catch from Boko come from these countries interesting they do practice a nomadic life style so it stands to reason they would dominate

naptu2: Decades ago my "History of Mass Media" professor suggested that Hausa should be declared the lingua franca of West Africa (he wanted us to do away with English and French).

The BBC broadcasts in Swahili in East Africa and Hausa in West Africa because these are the most spoken languages in their respective regions.

HAUSA is spoken in the following West and Central African countries:

1) Niger,
2) Nigeria,
3) Ghana,
4) Benin,
5) Cameroon,
6) Côte d'Ivoire,
7) Sudan,
Togo
9) Chad,
10) Central African Republic,
11) Equatorial Guinea
12) northwestern Sudan,



YORUBA is spoken in the following West African countries:

1) Nigeria
2) Benin
3) Togo
4) Ivory Coast



IGBO is spoken in the following West and Central African countries:

1) Nigeria
2) Cameroun
3) Equatorial Guinea

I thought Kadria Ahmed also worked with the Hausa Service?

Arsenate: Because ibos and yoruba are unimportant in the scheme of things and both have huge inferiority complex. Trying so hard to be western and even jewish. They have identity crisis hence the west don't even take them serious.

WORD!!

IGBO & YORUBA PEOPLE HAS ADOPTED ENGLISH
AS OUR MOTHER TONGUE EVEN AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
BUT HAUSA PEOPLE ARE SO ADAMANT WITH THEIR LANGUAGE ,
SO, ENGLISH DOESNT HAVE A CHOICE THAN TO BOW TO HAUSA LANGUAGE AND GIVE INFORMATION IN HAUSA LANGUAGE.

I dont know the intention of the OP But i dont get why some people are trying to tribalise this matter after it got an answer in the few first posts!. I simply dont see the use of wasting my time arguing about which tribe is more educated or who speaks english better, something some folks are busy trying to do.

Yahaya85: Because Hausa in the second largest language in africa, And bbc is not that only radio stations that broadcast their programmes in hausa,Even 1.voice of America
2.france radio international
3.china radio international
4.dw radio Germany
5.iran radio
6.egyptian radio
7.and radio neitherland all broadcast their programmes in hausa 3 times everyday

8. Somali Radio

Be like say this new mod just dey learn work o. Ikenna this is not how to ban my friend!

So u think banning can flush tribalism away? Mtcheeeeew....abeg make I go Vanguard go comment o jare. NL na ur papa investment?

Bbc hausa started even before independence (I.e 1957). Who knows boko haram then?

Hausa is widely spoken across west and sub-sahara Africa and also hausa listen to radio often than any other tribe in Africa.i think it is a challenge to other ethnic groups in Africa for a good network of information.proudly NIGERIAN

simple its bien spoken in nigeria,niger,cameroon,gabon,togo,ghana,mali,seraleon,

Bbc Hausa startes even before independence (i.e 1957). Who knows Boko haram then?

Bakin ciki zai kashe inya muri dodon doya da yarbawa masu kolo kolo.

mmmustapha: Bakin ciki zai kashe inya muri dodon doya da yarbawa masu kolo kolo.

kai ka sha giyan wake ne? U poo for pant?

Because dem too know english

gmyguy: i think because we are better educated and understand english

MUMU is english your language?

Very simple. Ur MASSOB and OPC are not volatile enough to draw int'l attn.

Darthmaul: True, but why don't we have Africa Magic Igbo?
You have Africa Magic Yoruba and Africa Magic Hausa written on the screen, but none for Igbo.

Because they play Igbo films on the main African magic channel. The rest are like AMY and AMH are sub channels.

Its because dey r d only 1s dat carry ard and listen 2 dia little transistor radio. Every malam has a transistor radio. Dem no get time 4 tv

because hausa is the second largest spoken language after swahili in africa, and largest in west africa

Cause yoruba and igbo people can understand english

kkkp: Bcus if u go 2 Niger, mali, senegal n sum part of Ghana n libya..dey undastand hausa

Exactly. The Hausa/Fulani language and culture is not exclusive to Nigeria . Chad,Cameroon,Libya and as far away as Ghana have a reasonable population of individuals who can identify with the Hausa /Fulani ethnolinguistic grouping

Eziachi: Because many Igbos and Yorubas understands spoken English and apart from the Nigerian territory or small portion Bein republic, there are no other place you find the Igbos and Yorubas, unlike Hausa language spoken in over 10 countries. Its simple economic. Market audience.

end of thread.

mmmustapha: Bakin ciki zai kashe inya muri dodon doya da yarbawa masu kolo kolo.

ka kyale yan durun' uwa, zasuci ubansu ne

naptu2: 1) Because Hausa is spoken across much of West Africa.

2) BBC World Service has been adopting cost cutting measures and reducing the number of language services it offers over the past 15 years.

The widely spoken languages like Hausa remain and have 3 programs daily

mosquitoNet: ka kyale yan durun' uwa, zasuci ubansu ne

mosquitoNet: ka kyale yan durun' uwa, zasuci ubansu ne