Gidan Hausa Novels & Stories

Cause I have to keep this up till I get what I want. I head out of the house towards my car and that is when I bump into Adamu. Lisa's talker Hausa gateman who for some reason looks Igbo. "Ah!! Oga sir! Good morning fah! How your night? " He begins as soon as he sights me. (Boss, good morning! How was your night. Ah' and 'fah' are exclamations){Pidgin} "Erm, Adamu, how far you now?" I greet.

In my mind, ‘this hausa babes can fall hand with their dressing sha’… She: Good morning sir… Me: Good morning… How was your night? She: It was fine sir… Me: Wait, how do you say ‘how was your night in Hausa’, because I’m trying to learn the language o… She: **laughs** You say ‘antashi lafia’… Me: **i try saying it after her** antashi lafia… Hmm, at least I’ve learnt one today. So, antashi lafia? She: **laughs** Lafia lau…

He wants his children but needs to learn a little first. He plasters on a smile when I signal him to and takes the cup. "Na gode Tsai," he says to her (Thank you very much). The little girl's smile instantly comes back and she runs to her mother in the excitement that the king had just spoken to her and smiled at her. Suddenly someone starts to chant in the Hausa language. I realize that it's Three Horses. The drums and flutes play in tune with his chanting. The people around the giant fire in the middle of the shagali move away so Three Horses, with his

As a corpers posted to the far north, far away from my Ekiti state, it was not easy at all. I could not speak Hausa, the few words I learned in the camp, I use to buy things in the market. Words like: Ina kwana- Good morning. Na wan? - How much? It was quite difficult living in a new environment. The people though friendly find it difficult to communicate with me. They will say: Ba a Hausa meaning Cannot speak Hausa. Sometimes they will ask you: Akwai Hausa? meaning Can you speak Hausa? I will always reply Ba bu meaning No or Kadan Kadan meaning A little.

' Nneoma listened raptly, her eyebrows furrowed. 'On another occasion,' Mrs. Dike continued. Gideon received a big remuneration from his office. He was so happy that he decided to throw a party for all his African friends. He said his wife was absent then. He bought a very large quantity of okporoko and anu ewu. He wanted to make a pot of rich pepper soup for them. The whole stuff was on the fire, simmering and African music booming in the air. After a short while, as if someone had hinted her, his wife arrived like an unwanted ghost. When she saw all his African friends, she nearly went mad with rage. She raved and raved. 'Who the hell gave you the guts to come here?' She had screamed at Gi