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Charles H. Kraft (born 1932 [1] in Connecticut) is an American anthropologist, linguist, evangelical Christian speaker, and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Intercultural Communication in the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, where he taught primarily in the school's spiritual-dynamics concentration.
Most concrete nouns are derived from Hausa, while verbs and abstracts are derived from Igbo or Yoruba. Additionally, words from all three source languages are often fused to create a word that resembles all three. For example, the Guosa word méni "what" is derived from Hausa menini, Igbo gini, and Yoruba kini, all meaning "what". [3]
Hausa Folk-lore is a book by Maalam Shaihua, translated by R. Sutherland Rattray, published in 1913. In two volumes, it contains a pronunciation guide, thirty folk-stories of the Hausa people of Africa (twenty-one in volume I, nine in volume II) as well as some information regarding their customs.
Hausa literature is any work written in the Hausa language.It includes poetry, prose, songwriting, music, and drama. Hausa literature includes folk literature, much of which has been transcribed, and provides a means of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge, especially in regard to social, psychological, spiritual, or political roles.
The author, Nigel Cumberland, of a Teach Yourself book entitled Secrets of Success at Work. Like many similar series, Teach Yourself has always used a common design for all of its books. Most older titles are covered with a distinctive yellow and blue, (formerly black), dust jacket, but over the years the publisher has changed the cover design ...
Wisdom is an Asset (Magana Jari Ce listen ⓘ, rendered more loosely by Rupert East as "[the] ability to tell stories is a valuable possession" [2]) is a trilogy of novels by Abubakar Imam of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate, jointly regarded as one of the most significant literary works authored in the Hausa language.
There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most common lingua franca, spoken by over 60 million people.
Almajiranci (Hausa pronunciation ⓘ) refers to a system of Islamic education practiced in northern Nigeria, the male gender seeking Islam knowledge is called Almajiri, female gender is Almajira, and the plural is Almajirai [1] [clarification needed]. The system encourages parents to leave parental responsibilities to the attached Islamic school.