That first picture was photoshopped.
There are no two way about it.

SilentPrince:
Being literate is not the issue. Being educated is.

Literate in Arabic language and culture.

In the 1970s during the reign of northern military dictators, a PhD holder from the south of Nigeria was equated to an Alhaji from the north who hardly passed through primary school. Going to Mecca then was all that was required for a northerner to be equal to a PhD holder from the south.

I hope the op knows the meaning of being literate. A juju priest is literate in the act of vodoo. As it was in the north, so was it in every race and tribes in Nigeria and the world at large. They had an indigenous way of writing and reading.
But what you show us is not indigenous but an Arabic writing which came as a result of Islamic conquest.
If you need to tell us you are educated, you don't need to behave like the proverbial lizard that jumbs down from a height and starts praising itself. People would see it in you and you would exhibit it. The Hausa Fulani is far behind educationally in Nigeria

One can easily deduce from the comments,that so many lack understanding and reasoning,there is a big difference between being literate and educated,i didnt go to skool to be taught how to read and write alone,moreover whats inscripted on the slate is quaran and i was a muslim and can tell better,no imam teaches 1 plus 1 in makaranta instead its quaran,if you did history in the university,you wouldnt argue cause the system of kano is explicit pior before colonialism and independence,so @ silentprince is right.

Reading/writing Arabic is what you call literate, mschew.

SaniSANOH:
NORTHERNER ARE LITRATELITERATE RIGHT EVEN BEFORE THE ADVENT OF THE BRITISH
Yet, you called them names.


They called us ILLITRATESILLITERATE, little did they know that we were LITRATE LITERATE even the Advent of the European to the the country ( NIGERIA.)

SEE picture of QUEEN ELIZABETH shocked and surprise with how Northern are READING and WRITING in Kano. Years before independent.

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Source:
https://sanisanohblog./2015/07/31/northerner-are-litrate-right-even-before-the-advent-of-the-british/?preview=true

If you are going to write about literacy, the least you can do is spell correctly! It is LITERATE not LITRATE. I've taken the liberty of editing your post...now go forth and spell incorrectly no more

1. This picture is a Photoshop.
2. If its those years, they wouldn't be wearing singlets.
3. Those writings are Arabic and thats not the medium to measure the literacy level of an individual.
4. Next story pls!

OP what you're saying is common knowledge, ask the haters what their kindred were doing in the villages at that time.

This is Sir Ahmadu Bello encouraging girl child western education in the early 60's.

Interesting topic

The fact that the OP has to make a fallacious claim (where is the shock?) about a non-entity (why would anyone care for her opinion) shows that the OP is an intelligent individual.

If you are so proud of being a Northerner why are you looking for external approval like a child?

The facts are - northern Nigeria has some of the worst human development indices in the world. If that region seceded it would be where southern Sudan is, minus the oil revenue.

TheAdvocate:
1. This picture is a Photoshop.
2. If its those years, they wouldn't be wearing singlets.
3. Those writings are Arabic and thats not the medium to measure the literacy level of an individual.
4. Next story pls!

And I'm sure you do not know Arabic is the source of the numbers you use (the one you chose over that of the Romans), and the source of the first ever computer (the Abacus).

Mr Literate indeed.

SilentPrince:
Being literate is not the issue. Being educated is.

You're right we have so many educated illiterate

abdulaz:
Most of what we now call western education were also taught through the Arabic language then, since we only consider education through the English language as the only form of western education, mind you, the crusaders that first went to the Arab world also learnt a lot from the Arabs.
I am 100% sure that most you don't know that what you know as surgery today all started from the Arab world and the tools used in this field today were all modification if the ones the westerners copied from the Arab world.

Biko say what you know. How could you assert that Western education was taught through Arabic?

1. Were the Arabs considered "Western" in the first place?

2. Please relates with your history texts and indulge yourself. It would be better to consider the ways Arabs spread Islam and the ways Missionaries spread Christianity.

3. With your claim about "copying" from the Arabs, would you please highlight some of the things "Westerners" learnt from the Arabs which are still in existence today?

SilentPrince:
Being literate is not the issue. Being educated is.

Do you even understand what literacy means? So much for education in this country.

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fulanimafia:
OP what you're saying is common knowledge, ask the haters what their kindred were doing in the villages at that time.

This is Sir Ahmadu Bello encouraging girl child western education in the early 60's.

Their kindreds were probably in the Creeks fishing or going about their daily lives.

Sir Ahmadu Bello in the 60's and now Islam and its agent are againt Western Education in the North. Please tell me, what has changed?

SilentPrince:


What are you saying? Being literate is being able to read. Anyone can read. What matters is the ability to understand and apply knowledge. If the Northerners were educated they would know that having Sharia Courts, Suicidal tendencies, female genital mutilation, preventing kids from going to school etc are terrible ideas and should not be encouraged. But no, despite being able to read and write they fail to be educated.

I really didn't want to comment on this thread but what are you saying here? So they encouraged you to sell drugs in your school? Were you encouraged to sell hard drugs in your school? Were you encouraged to buy and steal arms and become militants in your country? Were you encouraged to rob others in your school? Were you you encouraged to rape others in your school? Were you encouraged to become pirates and make money off someones hardword in your school? Were you encouraged to always defend a person from your tribe even when he's guilty? So if you guys are well educated then why are these problems more evident in your region? Just like the north, every region has its own problems.

Sanchez01:

Their kindreds were probably in the Creeks fishing or going about their daily lives.

Sir Ahmadu Bello in the 60's and now Islam and its agent are againt Western Education in the North. Please tell me, what has changed?

Terrorists are against western education, not northerners or Muslims.

Furthermore, not all northerners or Hausa/Fulani are Muslims.

Na wa for una o

SaniSANOH:
NORTHERNER ARE LITRATE RIGHT EVEN BEFORE THE ADVENT OF THE BRITISH
Yet, you called them names.


They called us ILLITRATES, little did they know that we were LITRATE even the Advent of the European to the the country ( NIGERIA.)

SEE picture of QUEEN ELIZABETH shocked and surprise with how Northern are READING and WRITING in Kano. Years before independent.

Hehehehehehe,spare us this grand show of stupity this early in a promising new month. Your spelling of "Illitrates & Litrate" above,just goes further to buttress the pitiable & pathetic point; You need to attend a "REAL" school,not some Sit_on_floor_cross_leg recitation rubbish,please pal,GO TO A SCHOOL!

quee.n eli@beth shocked

what is literate about reading in Arabic to an English queen that doesn't even understand what they're reading? who is fooling who? A.B.O.K.I.S

OP, you are literate yet your leaders still claimed educationally disadvantaged states. Or is just to pocket our commonwealth?
You are literate, yet you have a hoard of Almajiri that is a ready army for Maitashine, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Malam El-Zalzaki, etc.

By the way, the word is spelt LITERATE and not "LITRATE" as you have literately written.

Xetima:
OP, you are literate yet your leaders still claimed educationally disadvantaged states. Or is just to pocket our commonwealth?
You are literate, yet you have a hoard of Almajiri that is a ready army for Maitashine, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Malam El-Zalzaki, etc.

By the way, the word is spelt LITERATE and not "LITRATE" as you have literately written.

How do you juxtapose that with those that sell their sisters wombs to baby factories, cannibalize their fellow humans, and take part in gory satanic rituals yet claim to be literate?

Don't misconstrue societal issues with illiteracy. There are Irish extremists too (IRA).

*One almajiri spotted*.....More to show up soon














#AlmajiriTurnUp

SaniSANOH:
NORTHERNER ARE LITRATE RIGHT EVEN BEFORE THE ADVENT OF THE BRITISH
Yet, you called them names.


They called us ILLITRATES, little did they know that we were LITRATE even the Advent of the European to the the country ( NIGERIA.)

SEE picture of QUEEN ELIZABETH shocked and surprise with how Northern are READING and WRITING in Kano. Years before independent.

© Powered by: #sanisanoh

Source:
https://sanisanohblog./2015/07/31/northerner-are-litrate-right-even-before-the-advent-of-the-british/?preview=true

@ bolded ??


I'm disappointed

udomma1005:

Hehehehehehe,spare us this grand show of stupity STUPIDITY this early in a promising new month. Your spelling of "Illitrates & Litrate" above,just goes further to buttress the pitiable & pathetic point; You need to attend a "REAL" school,not some Sit_on_floor_cross_leg recitation rubbish,please pal,GO TO A SCHOOL!

Deal with the log in your eye before pointing out the speck in others.

I didnt see any shock,only some people that lyk to mak the ground their friend.

SilentPrince:


What are you saying? Being literate is being able to read. Anyone can read. What matters is the ability to understand and apply knowledge. If the Northerners were educated they would know that having Sharia Courts, Suicidal tendencies, female genital mutilation, preventing kids from going to school etc are terrible ideas and should not be encouraged. But no, despite being able to read and write they fail to be educated.

MUMU!! DO YOU THINK ALL NORTHERN ARE MUSLIM

YOU NEED TO GO PLACES

john4reala:
95% are Muslims

. Wrong, not 95% but 50/50 just that the 50% Muslims are dominant because they are richer aggressive and ever ready to kill

SilentPrince:


What are you saying? Being literate is being able to read. Anyone can read. What matters is the ability to understand and apply knowledge. If the Northerners were educated they would know that having Sharia Courts, Suicidal tendencies, female genital mutilation, preventing kids from going to school etc are terrible ideas and should not be encouraged. But no, despite being able to read and write they fail to be educated.

Says the person that doesnt know that to be literate is to be educated.. The question is in which aspect is the literacy or education if you will? Literacy is simply ability to read and write - now apply that to religions and languages