ABSTRACT

Since the tweets are written in English, the audience is not necessarily Muslims or Hausa speaking northerners/Fulanis but all Africans, and may also have aimed at reaching outsiders, especially radicalized Muslims from other countries in Europe and the USA. The tweets have the potential to radicalize Muslims from other parts of the Africa where they are less likely to speak Hausa (See Chiluwa and Ajiboye 2014).