My Mode of Thinking

Image via Wikipedia By Muhammad KabirYusuf  The director of Centre for Hausa Cultural Studies, Kano , professor Abdallah Uba Adamu explained that the identity of Hausa man is a controversial issue which is not yet resolved and subject for continuing discussion among the stake holders. The professor who explained this while presenting his paper Hausa da Hausanci (Hausa and Hausanism) at the 1st international conference on Hausa literature and culture yesterday in the republic of Niger explained that the linguistic traits previously considered by the scholars to determine the identity of a Hausa man can no longer holds sway. This is because, according to him the most important thing to consider is what he termed ‘the core value of Hausa man’ which he believed gives Hausa man the inner sense of belonging and psychological proximity to the Hausa community as a whole. In response to the controversy, many scholars of internationally acclaimed standing discussed the identity issue of...

By Muhammad kabir Yusuf “Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant” From the word “Destination”, destiny means what we do, achieve or what happens to us in our lives, more especially the one that we cannot change no matter how we strive to. Destiny is believed to be the power behind the series of episodes in our lives. Mostly used with negative connotation, the word “fate” is sometimes used interchangeably with the word destiny. For example, it was his destiny that he lost his parents at a tender age and his fate that he remained uneducated. Against this background, one may assumed that this life is just like a movie, pre-recorded and being played back by the forces of destiny. The meaning one easily deduces from the above analogy is that; the success one attains in life is pre-determined by the forces of destiny and therefore, no amount of obstacles could otherwise be hindrance against one’s attainment of such success. It also implies that it will not only be useless bu...