The Arts-Muse Fair

1.         Current Efforts This can be explained as any other development of the language that is none religious that are purely academic and literary. i.         The Writers’ efforts - Since year 2005, new nerve of creative art brew into Northern Nigeria, specifically in Niger State thereby repositioning itself as the literary hub of the country. Book activities were energized and momentum increased. In a bid to responds to this hype, I wrote, collaborated, translated and published the following books in an effort to further promote development Nupe language literature: a.        Eganmaganzhi Nupe (Nupe Proverbs – over a thousand proverbs with English translation and explanations), 2009. b.       Prof. Mohammad Kuta Yahaya’s play – Ignorance is a Disease was also translated and acted into Nupe Language book ( Rakpebo Batán Wun Yi ò ) and film respectively in 2012, it was collaboration between me and lat  Sadisu Mohammad, a Nupe Filmmaker. c.        Translated into Nupe la

Introduction Nigeria is made up of two broad regions: Northern and Southern Nigeria. Northern Nigeria is a region with a diverse social cultural make up. It is a multi-ethnic and religious region consist of three sub-regions popularly known as geopolitical zones: North Central, North East, and North West zones that has nineteen states and Federal capital territory (FCT) all together today . Language is a means of communicating between two or more people in a particular area or medium. It could be oral or written. Virtually, one finds two or more speakers of a Nigerian language in almost all the regions of the country because of our integrated demography overtime. Mutual struggle to make ends meet led to migration of southerners to the North, and vice versa. So, today, there are Igbos, Yoruba, Hausas, Fulfulde, Nupes in also every state of the federation. When one visits Sabongari in Kano, you will think one is in Aba, Abia State, likewise if you are in Sabo in Ibadan, O

Great literary icons who dominated the 19th century Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo met in Paris in in 1846. But they said little to each other because of language. Hugo’s second language was Latin, while Dickens can speak only few French words. Therefore, they said little to each other. Many literary scholars continue to imagine what would have been the topic between the two writers whose works defined Britain and France – and indeed the 19th century. Language was an obstruction to what would have turned out to be the subject of many scholarly works. Both writers shared one thing in common: great literary works that painted vivid picture of poverty and injustice. While discussions persist on the barrier erected by language between the two great writers, we can also imagine the magic of translation in opening the door of dialogue and exchange of ideas. If a translator surfaced, there would have been a discussion, or perhaps an exchange of ideas and more between Charles Dicke