Hausa Novels & Stories

"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."

Alexandra who didn't care she sounded rude says. "Your friends them dey find you for outside ( Your friends are waiting for you outside )," Tunde says while he scratches his head. "Which of my friends?" Alexandra asks already irritated by his mere presence. "The oyinbo one, the slim one with one wey I no know ( The fair looking one, the slim one, I don't know the name of the last person ), " Tunde says trying his best to describe them. Alexandra turns to him, obviously not impressed.

"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".

I thought about who he could be. This was a guy I wouldn't be able to recognize if I should see him tomorrow and the only thing he'd said to me that night was; it's a beautiful view, the ocean at night. His accent, a blend of Hausa, Yoruba, and even American. I kept what his history was. "That must be nice. The ocean at night. Good! So you are going to become a full-time artist in the future, right?"

The driver was quite old, but he looked so friendly and nice and he was pretty dark skinned with wrinkles. " Okay toh, Ina wuni Malam, ban gaishe ka da wuri ba, ka yahkuri" Khalifa said and I felt as if he was speaking interesting chinese. But it was Hausa. Their dialect. " Ah, ba damuwa, ya hanya?" " Lafiya lau" " Toh madallah" The driver said and laughed a little.

Asked another elder. “You underestimate us too much that is why you can only think of gemstones and minerals when you think of Africa, but it is more than that, it is an ultimate gift from the Moon Goddess herself, not some man-made thing.” The elder told them. “Don’t tell me that the Africans found the last living royal that we have been looking for?” exclaimed the vampire with his cold eyes fixed on the African.

They - Lash and Zulqa - entered the venue which was decorated in the traditional Fulani theme with Halima, Hassana, Hussaina and Qifdiyya tailing behind them all holding calabashes filled with fresh whole milk which Fulani call kindirmo and another traditional food made with millet called fura. Lash sat beside Zulqa and the event started. Towards the end, Lash fed Zulqa the Kindirmo and fura and he did the same too. The fifth event was the kauyawa day which they decided to call Hausawa day. It was conducted in favor of Lash because even though she's not entirely sure, she believes she's Hausa by tribe.