Author : Neil Skinner
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,39 MB
Release : 1969
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Neil Skinner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 23,19 MB
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0429650655
Originally published in 1969, this book is a translation of Frank Edgar's Hausa folk stories, which was made primarily in Sokoto Province at the direction of Major John Alder, who in 1910 gave Edgar some Hausa texts written in the Ajemic script for transliteration into Roman characters. Edgar prepared the the first volme of the Tatsuniyoyi for publication in 1911. The Hausa whose folklore Edgar recorded so industriously are the largest ethnic group in Northern Nigeria and number many millions and these tales of past events show how Hausa conceive the histories of their states, the characters of their rulers, and their institutions of government and law. These traditions are thus equally important as documents of folk thought and as historical sources.
Author : Frank Edgar
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,85 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Folk literature, Hausa
ISBN :
Author : Frank Edgar
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,38 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : Frank Edgar
Publisher : Africana Pub.
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 39,74 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : Neil Skinner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136968334
First Published in 1969. This is a translation from Hausa of Frank Edgar’s three volumes of his African folktale, Tatsunijoyi Na Hausa, his major work. The Hausa whose folklore Edgar recorded so industriously are the largest ethnic group in Northern Nigeria and number many millions.
Author : Philip J. Jaggar
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 789 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027238073
Hausa is a major world language, spoken as a mother tongue by more than 30 million people in northern Nigeria and southern parts of Niger, in addition to diaspora communities of traders, Muslim scholars and immigrants in urban areas of West Africa, e.g. southern Nigeria, Ghana, and Togo, and the Blue Nile province of the Sudan. It is also widely spoken as a second language and has expanded rapidly as a lingua franca. Hausa is a member of the Chadic language family which, together with Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic, Berber and Ancient Egyptian, is a coordinate branch of the Afroasiatic phylum. This comprehensive reference grammar consists of sixteen chapters which together provide a detailed and up-to-date description of the core structural properties of the language in theory-neutral terms, thus guaranteeing its on-going accessibility to researchers in linguistic typology and universals.
Author : Polly Hill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 1972-03-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521082420
Study with special reference to the village of Batagarawa.
Author : Philip M. Peek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1256 pages
File Size : 41,80 MB
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1135948739
Written by an international team of experts, this is the first work of its kind to offer comprehensive coverage of folklore throughout the African continent. Over 300 entries provide in-depth examinations of individual African countries, ethnic groups, religious practices, artistic genres, and numerous other concepts related to folklore. Featuring original field photographs, a comprehensive index, and thorough cross-references, African Folklore: An Encyclopedia is an indispensable resource for any library's folklore or African studies collection. Also includes seven maps.
Author : Graham Furniss
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 27,94 MB
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1474468292
Introducing poetry, prose, songs and theatre from Nigeria, this engaging volume blends translated extracts with a rich commentary on the historical development and modern context of this hugely creative culture. Examining imaginative prose-writing, the tale tradition, popular song, Islamic religious poetry and modern TV drama amongst other topics, this is a clear and accessible book on a literary culture that has previously been little-known to the English-speaking readership.
