Hausa Novels & Stories

Her mother sighed, wondered how to start this story that left distaste in one's mouth. "Do you know B.B Bakura?" Their faces changed at the supposedly unrelated question the old lady asked. "Have you no eyes?" She asked harshly in Hausa making the recipients of her words flinch. They had eyes, they just had never put that kind of two and two together. "Can you not see that nose Labeebah is carrying around is a replica of that Kanuri boy B.B Bakura?" Labeebah's aunt blinked over and over like a doll, wondering how her sister ever even entangled herself with the current Vice President.

He explains. "Oh, okay." I say awkwardly, knowing it will be rude to let the conversation die, I say. "Where are you from?, What's the language." "Nigeria. My language is Yorùbá. My name is Ayö." He smiles. "Uh okay. Ayyoo." I attempt to pronounce his name, and he chuckles, he does that a lot, chuckles. "I'm going to teach you Pronunciation," He begins, and I frown.

Acre asked "Well daddy I just wanted to tell you that I'm gonna get a mate" confused Acre replied "Well yes, one day you will sweetie" "Yep," Lanna said nodding "His name will be Samual" Chuckling I add "So you know his name?" "Yep and he's gonna have a big black wolf called Samson" "How do you know this sweetheart?" Sky asked as Lannagot up off the couch and headed back to her bedroom "Oh, aunt queen Lanna told me, oh and tomorrow she said we should go to a place called the hard rock cafe for chocolate fudge cake."

He laughed, "I am. My great grandfather is from Gombe, he moved to Lagos and he married a Yoruba woman as second wife, she gave birth to my grandfather who also married a Yoruba woman. My mom is Yoruba too so you can say I'm half Hausa and half Yoruba." "Can you speak Hausa?" He smiled guiltily, "not really." "Then you're fully a Yoruba man." "I have Hausa blood." He argued. "It's been diluted." "Okay, you win." He said laughing. "You're Hausa right? It's actually obvious." "How? Because I'm too young to be married and the Hausas are

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.

she laughed then apologized " actually Saraba means goodies, like gifts you bring for loved ones when they come back home mostly something edible, like popcorn or cake or sweets and candies. Stuffs like that" she explained with passion " oh okay, what a funny name for treats, but sorry I did not get you any Saraba but when next I get a chance I will pick some saraba for you" mara replied. Fun Fact: Saraba is a word from the Hausa tribe of Nigeria. It is a word most used by the northerners in Nigeria.

Because that, is outrightly so funny! Glossary Eba - Also known as cassava flakes; a native meal ate in Nigeria mostly by Yoruba and Igbo people made with grains of grounded cassava called, Garri. Eba is the solid meal derived from mixing garri with hot water. It can be eaten with various kinds of soups and is widely enjoyed by the Nigerian populace.

He was really trying to avoid eye contact. "Guy no dey call me mumu na. Yarinyan no dey here na." (Guy, do not call me a fool. Aisha isn't here.) Tamuno said. He had given Aisha a nickname, "yarinyan" meaning girl in Hausa where Aisha is from. We all went to sit with them. "Jazzjo, How far na?" (Jasmine and Joan how are you?) That was how he referred to I and Jasmine.

she replies. “Good, love you, see you soon.” I yell as I hurry down the stairs. “Yeah, love you too.” I hear her yell back. Her voice echo downstairs as she stresses her last word. I take a bike to second Rainbow and when the bike man took me to my destination. I pay him and walk through the big, black gate of the house. “Musa, how na?” I greet the gate man while he closes the gate behind me. “Kai, Eno walai I fine as I see you.” He replies in his deep Hausa accent while wearing a wide smile.

I asked, excitement springing within me. "First of all, I've been wanting to tell you, my name is not pronounced as Jay-de, it is pronounced as Jah-day. My full name is Jadesola, it is a Yoruba name and it means to emerge into wealth. I am a Nigerian, but as a result of migration, we found ourselves here, my parents and I. The Alpha's elder brother, Aaron found us first before he took us to his parents. The Alpha's parents were nice so they accommodated us and took care of us," She explained with a smile on her face.