Hausa traditional architecture therefore can simply be defined as the art of shaping the environment to serve the requirements of hausa traditions comfortably and efficiently. Publication date 1914 topics hausa language dictionaries english, english language dictionaries hausa. Pdf download adabin hausa a saukake free ardhindie. Za mu samar da bayanai akan tarihinsu da rubucerubucensu da ma hotunansu. Musha dariya dan daba aliartwork hausa songs hausa films. In the fourth post celebrating 52 years of nigerian literature, i am taking a look at literature from northern nigeria. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the hausa letters quickly and easily. Hausa is the most widely spoken language of west africa. Dictionary of the hausa language, with appendices of hausa literature. Hausa literature as a source for studies in cultural. In time, the writers spurred a unique genre known as kano market literature so named because the books are often selfpublished and sold in the markets of nigeria.
The websiteapp provide definition of any existing english or hausa word and phrase. One year later the bureau published muhammadu bellos gandoki, in which its hero, gandoki, struggles against the british colonial regime. Duka malamanmu turawa ne kamar ni, babu bahaushe ko daya sune suke koyar da mu. Hausa yaren hausa or harshen hausa is a chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 80 million people, and as a second language by about 20 million more. Hikayata ta kawo sauyi a adabin hausa bbc news hausa. Welcome to the 9th lesson about the hausa vocabulary. Especially prevalent in the northern region of ghana. A yau idan ana maganar marubutan da suke rubutu cikin harshen uwa, yana cikin wadanda suka yi fice. Ziyarci shafin bbc hausa domin samun rahotannin bidiyo da hotuna kan labarun najeriya da nijar da ma sauran sassan duniya baki daya. It reflects changes that are happening in the social order. Wannan dandali ne aka yi na musamman don samar da bayanai game da marubutan hausa.
The hausa are almost exclusively muslim and practice agriculture. As i did mention earlier, the director of the school, abdourahmane nagarba had made effort of creating a relationship with some countries, ministries and organizations that study hausa. A complete course for beginners teach yourself books english and hausa edition kraft, charles h. List of books and articles about hausa people online. Balaraba ramat yakubu is one of the earliest, and most popular, soyayya writers and you can find out more about her here. Pdf migration is a common phenomenon in every society that it has become a topical concern for scholars, government, civil societies, ngos and. Other articles where hausa literature is discussed. Saboda akwai bangarori da yawa na harsuna kamar larabci, hebrew wato harshen yahudawa daga baya kuma aka fara hamharik yaren mutanen habashaethopia to da yake harshen hausa yana da yawa da kuma yado sai aka samu wata malama baturiya daga kasar rasha ta zo ta fara koyar da harshen hausa to wannan ne farkon da aka. Native speakers of hausa are mostly to be found in the in the north of nigeria and in the african country of niger where it is an official language in the north, but the language is widely used as a lingua franca similar to wolof in senegal in a much larger swathe of west africa.
As a writer and a journalist that found himself in a new environment to purposely perform something related to education and learning, i visited the major historical places of the country like their museum, biggest palace of the king of burkina faso, biggest auditorium, presidential. Abstract this paper attempts to provide a historical perspective to the emergence of the hausa video industry as it affects the hausa literary movement which started in the mid1980s. Hausa is a west chadic language with the largest number of speakers of the chadic language group, with about 24 million native speakers, and a second language of about 15 million more. Vocabulary trainer for words, phrases and grammar 220 cards. The hausa dominate most of what we refer to as northern nigeria, as well as parts of niger, cameroun, benin republic and ghana. Hausa has a literary tradition extending back several centuries before contact with western culture.
Native speakers of hausa are mostly to be found in the in the north of nigeria and in the african country of niger where it is an official language in the north, but the. Between the traditionalists and the modernists, is an attempt to investigate on how the hausa literary criticism has come to a new era of using modern approaches, with the. A modern literary movement led by female hausa writers has grown since the late 1980s when writer balaraba ramat yakubu came to popularity. Among the schools he created the relationship there was alhuda women educational centre and tsangayar adabin hausa, all from kano, nigeria. And if you are the slightest bit curious about reading.
In colonial nigeria the traditional hausa fulani social and political structure was largely maintained under the british policy of indirect rule. Hakika zan iya cewa gudunmawarsu ta taka rawa wajen dawwamar da adabin hausa har ya zama a raye zuwa wannan lokaci. Were dedicating this page to the most important and most used words in hausa. Sabon shirin mu labarin ahmad da aisha, wanda zai dinga kawo muku daga tashar mu ta kannywood movies littafin. Yaron da aka haifa bayan an haifi maza da yawa ana kiranshi da suna sambo ko tabari. Images sourced from soas hausa popular literature database recently, indian publisher, blaft, published an english tranlation of hajiya balaraba ramat yakubus 1990 novel alhaki kukuyo ne sin is a puppy. In nigeria it is the first language of at least 25 million people, with another 15 million speaking it fluently as a second language. The paper explains the factors that led to the emergence of the hausa literary movement, the socioeconomic and cultural factors that shaped its rise and decline.
A gaskiya ya kamata marubutan hausa su farka su yi rubutu, amma ba kowane iri ba. Hausa was first written in an arabic script known as ajami. The first novels written in hausa were the result of a competition launched in 1933 by the translation bureau in northern nigeria. Uncover language learning resources, listen to industry podcasts, dive into memory and methods, scan polyglot news sources and much more. Kuma za mu rika kawo labarai har ma da hotuna da suka shafi marubutan hausa. View hausa literature and culture research papers on academia. Ga abin da wani mai sharhi a kan adabin hausa ya fada a game da wannan matsala, watau isa sanusi a cikin mujallar rana fitowa ta 76. Ado is a prominent contributor of articles to daily newspapersmagazines and presented a great number of papers in a seminars and workshops, national and international.
Documenting hausa popular literature graham furniss 1 school of oriental and african studies from the earliest period of the production of printed roman script books in the north of nigeria, a primary concern was the economics of book production. This course is a hausa basiclevel language program developed by the foreign service institute fsi. Hausa english pocket dictionary kamus na hausa da turanci by a. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Wannan abin alfahari ne ga duk mai kishin yare da alada ta hausa. They are nigerias largest ethnic group, with recent estimates putting their population at almost 30 million 1. To bayaninmu zai takaita ne ga adabin gargajiya kawai, biyo bayan bukatar da wani dan uwa ya yi na neman karin haske a game da shi adabin na gargajiya da raberabensa. In earlier times the hausa were organized in the hausa states. Ina mai matukar nuna shiawata ga wannan shafi,game da shirinsa na ba da gudummawa dagane da adabi da aladu na hausa. They are nigerias largest ethnic group, with recent estimates putting their population at almost 30 million. Historically, it has also developed into a lingua franca across much of western africa for purposes of trade hausa is a member of the afroasiatic language family. The fact that the hausa language has been the preferred language for trade across northern. The hausa are a diverse but culturally homogeneous people based primarily in the sahelian and the sparse. Tradition is opinion, belief, practice, customs etc.
Ya kamata mu gane cewa mutuncin kowace alumma ya dogara ne ga yadda ta mutunta komai nata daidai da addininta da kuma aladu. Jan 24, 2018 tsangayar adabin hausa, kano, nigeria. Because of the short life and high maintenance costs of hausa traditional con struction, new building methods and materials are now being introduced which. Press button download or read online below and wait 20 seconds. Idan akwai wata kofa da za a bude mana domin ba da tamu gudummawar,to sai a sanar da ni ta,07057777247,abbas. The course has been used for over thirty years by united states government diplomats and officers for learning the hausa language.
Pdf kano market literature has been in existence in hausa society for over three decades 19842015. Click download or read online button to get adabin hausa a saukake book now. Download adabin hausa a saukake or read adabin hausa a saukake online books in pdf, epub and mobi format. Epithet as earlier defined by many scholars, has also been described by chambers 21st century dictionary as an adjective or short description phrase which captures the particular quality of the person or thing in it describes. Hausa instructor us embassy abuja job requirements. Rabiu muhammadabu hidaya dakta izabela will, wadda aka fi sani da asabe, baturiyace kuma malama a sashin nazarin harshen harsuna da aladun afrika a jamiar warsaw a kasar. Ranar lahadi ne masu sauraren sashen hausa na bbc a rediyo suka ji na karshe a jerin labarai goma sha biyun da suka cancanci yabo a bisa ma. While authors like zaynab alkali, abubakar gimba and labo yari made up the second generation writers, i am looking instead at hausa popular literature, which is also known as kano market literature as most are written and sold in kano, the second largest city in nigeria and. Long the vassals of bornu, the states were conquered by the songhay in 15 and by the fulani in the early 19th cent. Skinner and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. An award winning writer who won the 1st priz position, 2009 engineer mohammed bashir karaye prize in hausa literature play category.
Today, this representation of the language has been superseded for most purposes by the roman script. Epithet as earlier defined by many scholars, has also been described by chambers 21st century dictionary as an adjective or short description phrase which captures the particular quality of. Hausa contemporary literature is a form of writing which is popularly known as adabin kasuwa or commercial fiction written purely in hausa language by urban youth in northern nigeria furniss, 2000. The fact that the hausa language has been the preferred language for trade across northern nigeria for centuries has led to its. An bude wannan shafin ne don tara bayanai da fadakar da masu amfani da harshen hausa wajen tantance kalmomoin da ake amfani dasu musamman a rubuce. Dictionary of the hausa language by robinson, charles h. Free language brings together the best in language education from across the world. Nazari a kan harshe da adabi da aladu na hausa, littafi. We gathered the most important topics such as vocabulary phrases grammar and flashcards so that you only learn what you will actually need to learn for free. Harshenhalshen hausa is a afroasiatic language spoken by the hausa people, the largest ethnic group in subsaharan africa, mainly within the territories of southern niger and northern nigeria. Haoussa are the largest ethnic group in africa and the second largest language after arabic in the afroasiatic family of languages. There are also about 5 million speakers in neighboring niger and. Embassy is seeking a fluent hausa speaker with teaching experience to instruct u. Hausa alphabet today i will teach you the hausa alphabet.
As a result it has become the lingua franca for most of the northern part of the country. The traditional settlements of the hausa people of northern nigeria which are described in this article might, perhaps, come into this category. Im providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Tarihin rupert east, tsanin adabin hausa a ranar jumaa da ta gabata da kuma yau jumaa, jaridar aminiya ta buga sharhin da na yi kan wani littafi na tarihin dakta rupert m. Historically, it has also developed into a lingua franca across much of western africa for purposes of trade. Nazari a kan harshe da adabi da aladu na hausa, littafi na. Hausa literature and culture research papers academia. Dec 20, 2008 an award winning writer who won the 1st priz position, 2009 engineer mohammed bashir karaye prize in hausa literature play category. Grammatical rules and structures in hausa 50 words. Welcome to our hausa page, featuring books, courses, and software to help you learn hausa. Their widespread trading activities have contributed to making their language a lingua franca in much of w africa. This paper entitled, hausa literary criticism in the 21st century. Most important words to be used on a daily basis 127 words.
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