Namaste from Nazeer Magoga, Kano, Nigeria

Nazeer Magoga recorded this as goodwill greetings to the participants of the conference, "Indian Cinema Circuits: Diasporas, Peripheries and Beyond", held at the University of Westminister, London, from June 25-26, 2009. I participated at the conference and presented Nazeer's greetings to the audience.

Possibly the first fluent Hindi-speaking African. He is Nazeer Magoga from Kano City, Kano State, Nigeria. He learnt Hind from watching Hindi films from TV stations in Kano, Nigeria. By 2002 he was fluent enough to write a Hind-phrase book in Hausa, "Fassarar Indiyanci a Saukake", followed a year later by "Fassarar Wakokin Indiyanci A Saukake" (Hindi songs translated). By 2005 he had been give his own FM slot on Radio Kano with a program, "Mu Kewaya Indiya" (let's visit India) where he translates Hindi film songs for listeners. He represents the first product of Media Parenting which saw Hausa youth of Kano, Nigeria speaking Hindi due to the avalanche of Hindi films they watch on TV. In 2008 he was also given a TV slot on local CTV in Kano to visually translate the FM program. Nazeer has recorded a set of 10 songs for release as a CD album. All were in Hindi and were songs of the praises fo the Prophet Muhammad (SAW). He has also recorded a few songs for Kano-based politicians -- in Hindi. Since I have all the songs, I will see if I can upload some of them here. Incidentally, he has NEVER been to India (although would happily accept sponsored tour and speaking invitations), or even been to the cinema to see a film! All his Hindi influences were from watching TV -- so media effects theorists, here is food for thought!

For more information see (and download) "Transglobal Media Flows and African Popular Culture: Revolution and Reaction in Hausa Popular Culture" at http://www.asauk.net/downloads/MKZ_06.pdf.

Sleeve notes by Abdalla Uba Adamu (www.kanoonline.com/auadamu), Researcher in Media and Cultural Communications, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• transglobal media flows
• Hausa-Hindi
• Bollywood
• Hausa
• Kano City
• Nigeria
• CTV Kano
• Hausawa

[nabusan]

Dude you speak better than I do :P Epic vocabulary!

[solonanna2004]

@charbi88 Grow up yaar! we have many indian here who r doing wrong things, but that didnt make us look all indians with bad eyes...Every country has a criminals people as well as innocents ones...Every country has a criminals either from African,Eroupean or Asians country...So Criminals are those who act it...By d way Thx 4 appreciating d Video..The most amazing thing 4 this man is: He learned his Hindi Language through watching Bollywood movies...Which look impossible from many people thought!

[harikano]

Great Nazeer.It feels wonderful to hear you speak Hindi fluently.I have also been born in Kano ,studied at Bayero Staff School & now living in India.I love ur Country Man......

-Hari

[malayfromindia]

great job ... good learning .. Hindi is a national language of India , he speaking and understand the language hindi .. in hindi i can say that Waah bhi Waah .. aaapne to kamal ker diya .. !! means wonderful ..

[sammymuffin]

Wow. I really admire this man.

[charbi88]

pls dont take my comment in wrong way.

i have only 1 problem with many nigerians they come to india on student visaz & get involved in crimes & drug dealings many ppl in india now think that nigerians come 2 india

only for drug dealings & to do frod buisness.

u nigerians gotta improve that image.

[charbi88]

u r a good learner keep it up

gbu

[akash28nov]

waah bhai waah!!!

[alsas007]

yaar achchi baat hain,mera desh bhi kaafi no jawan ko hindi ata hain.aur hum bhi sirft filmose sika.jai hind.

[mohandelhi1982]

yaar, kya kamaal ka aadmi hai! maza aa gaya. you are one of us! nigeria key bhaiyon ko hamara bhi salam namaste sat sri akal.