Hausa Novels & Stories

Enjoy your day guys!! A blank car huge in price droved inside a building and with Nigeria’s flag on it and parked inside the garage built at a corner in the building, the driver’s door opened and he got down from the car and with a bodyguard from the opposite side. The driver went to the back door, opened the door and standing beside it. A man rolled his cloth called Agbada in Yoruba language and which was one of the language in Nigeria, the man took a step out from the car with his shoe shining and very beautiful. He came out from the car, rolled the hands of the cloth and going inside.

Me: lovely dad My name is funny right, well it's an Igala name. From a tribe in Kogi State, Nigeria. My dad insisted we all bear our tribal names instead of English ones so that we would always remember our roots. My name Unugwa is actually a short form of Ojonugwa, which means God be praised. My friends here found it really hard to pronounce that long version, in fact when they gave it a try, it came out that they were pronouncing something else. So dad allowed me to short form it. That was when I was five years. I actually love the way they pronounce Unugwa. It's really classic I pecked my mom

Part I When you have everything, what could you possibly desire? CHAPTER ONE His Royal Majesty, Pierre Paul Abutu Ph.D (Honoris Causa), JP, the current Attah of Igala and a native of Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria, is my name. This is my story, and these are my love affairs.

(You just do your part, and I’ll do mine. "Certo,buona giornata.(Of course, have a nice day.)" The voice says. "Anche tu. (You too.)" The line goes dead and William swallows hard before heaving a sigh. A wide grin slowly appears on to his face and he stares through the window. "Ina son wannan(I'm loving this.)" He says in his Hausa dialect before smirking widely. Xoxo

"Is barawo." "And how do you say 'you are'?" I asked "Kai ne." "Kai ne barawo," I tell him. "Ina Ni mace. Ina Ni…Tiger Kambori." He smiles widely this time. "You shall be speakin' fluently in no time. Most people say 'dat Hausa is a difficult language for correct pronunciation, but you seem like a natural."

“Mama.” “Yaa, I heard you got a new job.” Yaa is my Ghanaian name. Mama likes to call us by our Ghanaian names because she doesn’t want us to forget our roots, even though we’ve only been to Ghana less than six times. Yaa is the name given to a girl born on Thursday. Ray’s Ghanaian name is Abena. She was born on a Tuesday. Names given to children based on the day they were born are called soul names or kradin in Twi -Mama’s native language- and they are very important in the Ghanaian culture.

hushed out " Good day ma, welcome" Kaima great "hmm... thank you" glare at her joined Alisha. in the living room Fatima walks, her eyes so dime and scary, burning with anger" Alisha! Alisha!!, where is this girl" she yell furiously, Alisha rush in trembling in fear " what, where you doing there?" she roars in Hausa language " Mommy, we were just chatting" she whispered in Hausa language, Fatima eye mounted fear in her, she taught she would hit her

"Where else, to the hideout." AN: runs girl is a Nigerian street word for prostitute. Onitemi is a Yoruba word which literally translates to 'mine'. Agbada is a flowing gown (mostly white) worn by the Yoruba men (or women at times) to celebrate festivities while iro and buba is a blouse and wrapper worn by Yoruba women to outings, festivities and even for fashion at times. Hey madam, where you dey go by this time of the night: is Nigerian pidgin and it literally means; hey ma'am, where are you headed at his hour of the night

English translation: My heart can’t handle all of this sweetness. “I am from Yoruba” “I never heard of Yoruba. Where is that located at? What’s the language?” I couldn’t believe he actually wants to know about Yoruba. I never met a guy who is so fascinated about me and my hometown. “Yoruba is located in Nigeria, Southern West Africa. It is next to Benin, Togo, and parts of Ghana. As for my language, I speak Yoruba. Yoruba has its own language. There are a lot of different languages that Nigerians speak; there’s Pidgin, Kwa, Ijoid, Igbo, Kainji, Yoruba, and plenty more.”

And just like that, a new weird feeling, more like fear of Allah the more (Imaan) increase in her heart. Nafisa cleared her throat in uncomfortable silence before replying her sister. "Just go to bed kis kis, you're making me scared all of the sudden. Please, sleep". "I was just wondering, I mean mama is fair and umma is dark in complexion and they are both Hausa. Look at how we eat and then our pour out waste (excrete) from our body. Hmmmn! Allah mai iko!" She lay back on her bed and draw her quilt over her. "Good night sister".