THE Bayero University Kano (BUK) has organised an international conference on Hausa studies in honour of the contributions of a Polish scholar, Nina Pawlak, who has so far spent 50 years researching and teaching Hausa and other African languages. This is just as Pawlak said she devoted her entire academic career to the study of Hausa language as a means of promoting understanding between African and European nations. D theses of BUK scholars, Hafizu Miko Yakasai and Isah Yusuf Chamo. In her response, Pawlak said she devoted her entire academic career to the study of Hausa language as a means of promoting understanding between African and European nations. She further disclosed that: “After my retirement next year, I intend to write a Hausa – Polish dictionary for learners of the Hausa Language in Poland, my country.”

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 07, 2020 19:07 UTC