Aisha Umar Adamu

@nwu.edu.ng

Humanities
Northwest University Kano

Aisha Umar Adamu


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Dr. Aisha Umar Adamu is a linguist specializing in nonverbal communication and sociolinguistics at Northwest University, Kano. She is the author of Nonverbal Communication in Hausa Society: An Introduction, the first book of its kind. Her research examines how gestures, facial expressions, and embodied practices reflect the cultural values of kunya (modesty) and girmamawa (respect) in gendered interaction and Hausa society. Her current work explores gesture transformation and change; particularly how evolving nonverbal practices embody cultural continuity and adaptation in Hausa communication.

EDUCATION

PhD Linguistics

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Language and Linguistics
11

Scholar Citations

2

Scholar h-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Nonverbal Regulators as Gender Signals in Hausa
    STZ Adamu. A.U
    IDeas: UniUyo Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 1 (3), 63-74 , 2025
    2025.0
  • NEITHER HERE NOR THERE: HAUSA PERCEPTION OF'YAN DAUDU'IN LIGHT OF AKILU ALIYU'S POEM AND HAUSA PROVERBS
    AU ADAMU
    African Languages, Literatures, and Postcolonial Modernity, 53-70 , 2024
    2024.0
  • Nazarin Harᵭantawa a wasu Shirye-Shiryen Kafafen Yaᵭa Labaran Gidan Rediyo na Jihar Katsina
    SSAU Adamu
    Rumfa Journal of the School of Continuing Education 3 (no 1), 240-250 , 2024
    2024.0
  • Communicative Function of Nonverbal Cues in Hausa Prose Fiction
    AU Adamu, AS Maimota
    Tasambo Journal of Language, Literature and Culture 2 (2), 39-44 , 2023
    2023.0
  • Masking emotions: a study of Hausa women’s expression of kunya
    AU Adamu
    OSF , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 2
  • The gender code of Hausa emotional expression
    UA Dantata, AU Adamu
    Bulletin of the Faculty of Language and Translation, Al Azhar University, Cairo , 2021
    2021.0
  • Nonverbal Communication in Hausa Society: An Introduction
    AU Adamu
    2020.0
  • The impact of emoji on meaning and orthography in computer mediated communication
    AU Adamu, A Aliyu
    Alsun Journal of Humanity 1 (1), 9-15 , 2020
    2020.0
  • The impact of corona virus pandemic on nonverbal communication
    AU Adamu
    http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4261385 , 2020
    2020.0
  • The function of nonverbal regulators in Hausa face-to-face interaction
    AU Adamu
    West African Languages Linguistic Theory and Communication 1, 279-287 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 1
  • Nonverbal communication in Hausa society: an introduction
    AU Adamu
    2020.0
  • Simultaneity of speech and pointing gestures in performance of Dr Mamman Shata’s selected songs
    Aliyu A & A.U Adamu
    Conference on Dr Mamman Shata, 863-868 , 2019
    2019.0
  • The study of nonverbal communication in Hausa children's interaction
    AU Adamu
    alsun journal of humanities 2 (1), 121-130 , 2019
    2019.0
  • The study of oculesics in Hausa nonverbal communication
    AU Adamu
    Bayero Journal of Linguistics 6 (1), 24-33 , 2019
    2019.0
    Citations: 4
  • The study of nonverbal communication in Hausa
    AU Adamu
    Bayero University Kano , 2018
    2018.0
    Citations: 4
  • Co-ordination of speech and gestures in Dr Mamman Shata’s performance of umaru dan danduna na gwandu
    AU Adamu
    studies in the songs of Dr mamman shata katsina 1 (1), 156-163 , 2018
    2018.0
  • Gesture Change and Its Impact on Hausa Society
    AU Adamu

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The study of oculesics in Hausa nonverbal communication
    AU Adamu
    Bayero Journal of Linguistics 6 (1), 24-33 , 2019
    2019.0
    Citations: 4
  • The study of nonverbal communication in Hausa
    AU Adamu
    Bayero University Kano , 2018
    2018.0
    Citations: 4
  • Masking emotions: a study of Hausa women’s expression of kunya
    AU Adamu
    OSF , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 2
  • The function of nonverbal regulators in Hausa face-to-face interaction
    AU Adamu
    West African Languages Linguistic Theory and Communication 1, 279-287 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 1
  • Nonverbal Regulators as Gender Signals in Hausa
    STZ Adamu. A.U
    IDeas: UniUyo Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 1 (3), 63-74 , 2025
    2025.0
  • NEITHER HERE NOR THERE: HAUSA PERCEPTION OF'YAN DAUDU'IN LIGHT OF AKILU ALIYU'S POEM AND HAUSA PROVERBS
    AU ADAMU
    African Languages, Literatures, and Postcolonial Modernity, 53-70 , 2024
    2024.0
  • Nazarin Harᵭantawa a wasu Shirye-Shiryen Kafafen Yaᵭa Labaran Gidan Rediyo na Jihar Katsina
    SSAU Adamu
    Rumfa Journal of the School of Continuing Education 3 (no 1), 240-250 , 2024
    2024.0
  • Communicative Function of Nonverbal Cues in Hausa Prose Fiction
    AU Adamu, AS Maimota
    Tasambo Journal of Language, Literature and Culture 2 (2), 39-44 , 2023
    2023.0
  • The gender code of Hausa emotional expression
    UA Dantata, AU Adamu
    Bulletin of the Faculty of Language and Translation, Al Azhar University, Cairo , 2021
    2021.0
  • Nonverbal Communication in Hausa Society: An Introduction
    AU Adamu
    2020.0
  • The impact of emoji on meaning and orthography in computer mediated communication
    AU Adamu, A Aliyu
    Alsun Journal of Humanity 1 (1), 9-15 , 2020
    2020.0
  • The impact of corona virus pandemic on nonverbal communication
    AU Adamu
    http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4261385 , 2020
    2020.0
  • Nonverbal communication in Hausa society: an introduction
    AU Adamu
    2020.0
  • Simultaneity of speech and pointing gestures in performance of Dr Mamman Shata’s selected songs
    Aliyu A & A.U Adamu
    Conference on Dr Mamman Shata, 863-868 , 2019
    2019.0
  • The study of nonverbal communication in Hausa children's interaction
    AU Adamu
    alsun journal of humanities 2 (1), 121-130 , 2019
    2019.0
  • Co-ordination of speech and gestures in Dr Mamman Shata’s performance of umaru dan danduna na gwandu
    AU Adamu
    studies in the songs of Dr mamman shata katsina 1 (1), 156-163 , 2018
    2018.0
  • Gesture Change and Its Impact on Hausa Society
    AU Adamu

Publications

Dantata, U.A., Adamu, A.U, ‘Masculine Bodies Feminine Gestures: A Descriptive Study of ‘Yan Daudu’s Nonverbal Communication’ Issues in Linguistic Interfaces in the 21st Century: A Fetscript in Honour of Prof. Lawan Danladi Yalwa, Bayero University Kano, 2024

Adamu, A.U., Neither here nor there: Yan Daudu in the light of Akilu Aliyu’s poem and Hausa proverbs, Camara, S. & Mwamzandi, M. (ed) African Languages, Literatures and Postcolonial Modernity, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, 2024

Adamu, A.U., Yahaya, A. L, Kwaru, B. L., Nazari a kan Harshen Mata Hausawa Ma’aikata, Sosel Journal of Languages and Literary Studies, Vol. 1, no 1, 2023 pp 83-91

Adamu, A.U, Maimota, A.S ‘Communicative Function of Nonverbal Cues in Hausa Prose Fiction’, Tasambo Journal of Language, Literature and Culture, Vol. 2, no. 2, 2023 pp

Adamu, A.U, Nonverbal Communication in Hausa Society: An Introduction, Zaria, ABU Press, 2020

Adamu, A. U, The Function of Nonverbal Regulators in Hausa Face-to-face Interactions, Pawlak, N. & Will, I (ed) West African Languages, Linguistic Theory and Communication whydawinctwa uniweesytetu warszawskiego Poland 2020.


Adamu, A. U, Aliyu, A. “The Impact of Emoji on Meaning and Orthography in Computer-Mediated Communication”, Alsun Journal of Humanity, vol. 5, no. 1, 2020, pp 9-14

Dantata, U. A, Adamu, A. U, “The Gender Code of Hausa Emotional Expressions”, Bulletin of the Faculty of Languages and Translation, Al-Azhar University Cairo, vol. 20,