Kwarata Complete Hausa Novels & Stories

The one on hijab asked looking at her. "Oh yes she is." Lara said smiling at her. "I'm Tiwatope but everyone else calls me Aunty Tiwa." The light skinned woman introduced with a broad smile on. "And I'm Hauwa but you can call me that or Esosa, I prefer Esoso, embracing the traditional me." "Oh okay, nice to meet you both." Amirah said with a little bit of stutter, meeting and befriending people has never been easy. "Feel free with us, we're not harmless although Lara could damage your ear with how much she talks but I'm sure you're used to that by now." Aunty Tiwa said.

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…

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.