Hausa Novels & Stories

And Tunde Ibrahim stilled, when he finally saw the empty wide gap in his gum. "You mean the guy who almost killed you and made you loose your teeth." He yelled into his face, his spittle flying. Like a servant boy, Black&White wolf nodded. Wiping blood away from his nose. "You couldn't do just a simple task I ask of you. You're a disgrace to the entire pack. You need to be punished severely." Tunde Ibrahim barked out, angrily in Hausa Language. "I couldn't overtake him, he had the strength of four giants." Black/White wolf replied back in Hausa. The blurriness in his vision wane, and he bowed his head in shame.

"Hey buddy what are you doing.." "Daddy!!" Nabeel jumped up and hugged his dad, Irfan caught an agile Nabeel swiftly. "Daddy ina kwana." "Lafiya qalau, son, an tashi lafiya?" "Lafiya qalau." He spoke his hausa as if he was speaking english. "Let's go and see how mummy is doing are you not supposed to be helping her in the kitchen?" "I was, she sent me away.." "You were being naughty on purpose, so she would send you away ko?" "How did you know daddy?" They both laughed and joined their fists together. What a father and son.

my mom calls me by my Igbo name — an unbreakable habit that I only find annoying when we're outside the house because my mates tend to make fun of it. When I look straight at her, expecting a recap of all dad has said, she shocks me with a five-word sentence: “Remember whose daughter you are.” ... Words/phrases and their meaning: * Shebi: I thought * Dashiki: a loose brightly coloured shirt or tunic, originally from West Africa. * Abi: right * Oyinbo oshi: Oyinbo means a white person. The Yoruba phrase is a kind of insult for people trying to behave differently, mostly in a sophisticated manner.

“So, where’s my rose from? From your beautiful accent…I know it’s somewhere from Africa so, spill” He’s already deploying possessive weapons like ‘my’. I waver and lower my eyes as I shudder with light tension, inhaling slowly. I try to focus on ignoring what he’s making my body go through as I provide him with an answer, “From West Africa, Nigeria precisely.” Henry hums while I continue to blabber anxiously, “I lived in Abuja and, I um…belong to the ‘Khalid Clan wolf pack’. The Alpha is my older cousin-”

"In Renatus, you all left the ways of the old world, but here, we keep most of it, the culture and languages that is." "Like the Dionysus?" Sadik made a disgusted face, "No. They are an abomination to languages." Then with a normal expression, said, "People here speak their ethnicity's langauges. In the past, people were not all unified in Greek form but from different countries and all that. Here, they speak their langauges to one another." "What did you speak to him?" "Hausa," Sadik replied with a smile "I am Nigerian, and so is he."

" Everyone started to mutter.... When Hannah saw her, she felt her soul leaving her body. A deep trouble for her.... She had lied she doesn't have a child and then one kid shows up and is calling her mum? A Nigerian slang to describe this situation perfectly is 'Dem don put Water for my garri. Omo my yam don done!'.... When Mark saw the cute looking girl who stood beside Stoic, he was shocked as well. Who is she? And why is she calling her mummy? She sure has a bit of resemblance to her...!!

"Lagos. I'm Yoruba, hence the name Louis Bayo." "Cool. I'm quite familiar with the name Louis. Bayou is the Yoruba one, I guess?” “Yes.” “You speak the language?" "Not really. I understand, but I can't speak it fluently." "Karo," Mother says. "Did Mother just speak Yoruba?" I ask, laughing out loud. "Yes," he says, smiling. "What did she say?" "Good morning." Mother responds. "Ok. Ok. Someone is learning fast." Louis says.

The business with Aisha was to please Nana, something I believed he regretted till the day he was killed. I went to my room and broke my Asusu (piggy bank in the Hausa language); I had about fifty banks. I broke one for Nana and what I had was more than what they needed, but I gave it to them anyway with extra just in case they would need something when Mai'Aljanu arrived. I had to give them the extra because I doubted I would have the chance to help them discreetly again. Nana, Kawu, Aisha and Mai'Karfi were grateful. I saw hope in Aisha's eyes.

It’s not a wardrobe really it’s a whole other room. I follow Hannah into the room, my jaw hanging open in amazement. She looks at me and laughs. “I wish you could see your face right now” she tells me. Then her eyes go wide “I am so sorry Ma’am I am being so informal with you.” She says stepping back and lowering her head a little “No, no! go back to how you were and always be like that with me” I almost yell at her. “And please, for the love of the goddess please call me Nova and not ma’am or your highness.”