The Hausa broadcaster from China

Mr Murtala is a shining example of China’s increasing engagement with African languages

During our conversations, it was easy to observe that Murtala had assimilated a lot of Nigerian-ness, finishing sentences with ‘we thank God’. Photo provided to The Question Marker by Mr. Murtala

Foreign languages have always fascinated Zhang ‘Murtala’ Weiwei. He grew up in Nanjing, a city in southeast China famous for its central role in the ancient Min…