14/01/2023
I think this is a platform that gives a free room for everyone to express his mind. Because we have different viewpoints, this platform should not, to be honest, be a barrier to the expression of our minds. Infringement is not in this platform and should never be. Never. What you love, must not be loveable to me. What I love, must not be loveable to you either. That's we.
I am an infant writer. Although I am very poor in my syntax and vocabulary, I do write to communicate some small sentences to you about my thought, my mind and my choice. I do so in the English language and not in the Hausa language. Both languages are important to me. To tell me to stop using English and switch over to Hausa, I think it unfair and quite infringing. Without Hausa as my first language, the English language I've been writing in, would have been, for long, dead and impossible.
Most of the world updates are heard and read in the English language, I think. That's why I learn so many, via the system of the language. Take an example of Igbo man who cannot understand, let alone speak my first language, Hausa. And I, in turn, cannot understand his first language, Igbo. How can we understand each other? We must use English for effective and efficient communication. The same goes for Yoruba man, and a host of others. The same goes for national news expected to reach all and sundry . That's why I write to communicate to the whole nation and world at large in the English language. That's why I read the possible literatures I can lay my hand on, in the same language.
"Kai! Tsintacciyar mage fa ba ta mage!"It's not that the borrowed language is better than my own natural-born language. I do love Hausa better than I love English, to be frank. But, time and condition force me use the latter and read in the latter too, (English). If the poorness of the English language I use chocks your throat and pricks your mind, I apologize to you. I will do my best to improve my writing and speaking proficiencies, "Abokina". Little by little, a monkey learns to jump from tree to tree without falling. I am so sorry if my poor grammar makes you out of element!
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