Folklore, Customs, & Proverbs
- Hausa Customs byCall Number: DT518.H3 M3Publication Date: Zaria: Northern Nigerian Publishing Co., 1968
- Hausa Folk-Lore, Customs, Proverbs, Etc. byCall Number: PL8234.A2 R3 1969ISBN: 0837114640Publication Date: New York: Negro Universities Press [1969]Transliterated text with English translation and Hausa text on opposite pages.
- Hausa Superstitions and Customs: An introduction to the folk-lore and the folk byCall Number: GN653 .T7Publication Date: London, J. Bale, sons & Danielsson, ltd., 1913.Contains forty-one illustrations, a map, and over two hundred figures within the text.
- Manual of Hausa Idioms byCall Number: PL8232 .B265 1979Publication Date: Bloomington: Indiana University Linguistics Club, 1979
Electronic Resources
- Hausa folk-lore, Customs, Proverbs, etcThis online resource is available to all KU staff and registered students.
- Hausa PeopleThis links to a blog by Kwekudee about the Hausa people. The blog contains photographs, with short explanations of Hausa life, culture, famous icons and historical tidbits.
- Hausa ProverbsConsists of ten advanced level Hausa lessons, each of which is based on a particular Hausa proverb. Available from the African Studies Center of Boston University. Modules also available for Kiswahili and Wolof.
- Hausar Baka OnlineHausa Baka is a set of 3 videotapes comprising about 5 hours of natural interaction in Hausa. Filmed in Kano, Nigeria...."
- World of Languages, Windsor, California, 1998. - Music from the Villages of Northeastern NigeriaAudio recordings of Hausa music from the Bura, Bolewa, Tangale and Tera peoples of Northeastern Nigeria, amongst others. Includes, praise songs, war chants, etc, performed by various local musicians.
- Tarihin Nigar [History of Niger]A history of Niger by Halima Sarmai. E-book made possible by the ALMA Project.
Printed Resources on Hausa Culture
- African Traditional Medicine: Peculiarities byCall Number: GR350 .D48 1995ISBN: 9782100048Publication Date: Ekpoma, Nigeria: Edo State University Pub. House, 1995
- Dynamique Sociale et Appréhension du Monde au Sein d’une Société Hausa byCall Number: DT474.5 .N5Publication Date: Paris: Institut d’ethnologie, 1975The text is on the social dynamics and worldview in Hausa society. It is one series of the travels and memoirs publications by the Paris Ethnology Institute.
- Hausa Performing Arts and Music byCall Number: PN2990.N5 K64 1987ISBN: 9781730412Publication Date: Lagos: Dept. of Culture, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, c1987
- Hausa theatre in Niger: A contemporary oral art byCall Number: PN3000.N54 B45 1984aPublication Date: Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1985This is a photocopy of a University of Wisconsin-Madison 1984 Ph.D. thesis about Hausa oral art in Niger.
- Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century byCall Number: DT515.45.H38 H38 1991ISBN: 0299130207Publication Date: Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, c1991
Horses, Musicians and Gods: The Hausa cult of possession-trance by Call Number: BL2480.H3 B47 1983ISBN: 0897890205Publication Date: South Hadley, Mass.: Bergin & Garvey Publishers, 1983- In the Heartland of Hausaland byCall Number: DT515.9.F8 S7313 1990ISBN: 0896801608Publication Date: Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1990
This is an English translation of Paul Staudinger's book Im Herzen der Haussaländer , which was published as a monographs in International Studies, Africa Series No. 56
- Mutumin Kirki: The concept of the good man in Hausa byCall Number: BJ1601 .K57 1974Publication Date: Bloomington: The African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1974
English translation of Mutum Kirki is "The Good Man". This text is a published version of the third Hans Wolff Memorial Lecture.
- One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, scholar and scribe byCall Number: PL8234.A85 Z77 2000ISBN: 0253337070Publication Date: Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c2000Discusses the works of a prominent 19th Century Hausa scholar and poet, Nana Asma'u biht Usman dan Fodio.
- Pilgrims in a Strange Land byCall Number: DT546.442 .W67ISBN: 023103976XPublication Date: 1976-12-01
- Saʼadu Zungur: An anthology of the social and political writings of a Nigerian nationalist byCall Number: PL8234.Z5 A6 1999ISBN: 9783292900Publication Date: Kaduna: Nigerian Defence Academy Press, 1999A collection of political writings and correspondences and poems in Hausa and English. Hausa poems and their English translations are juxtaposed on opposite pages in Part IV of the book.
- Structures Normatives et Relations Électives: Étude d’une communauté villageoise Haoussa byCall Number: GN490 .R39Publication Date: La Haye: Mouton [1973]
English translation of title is Normative Structures and Elective Relations: A study of a Hausa Village Community
- Studies in Hausa Language, Literature and Culture byCall Number: PL8231 .I58 1978Publication Date: Kano, Nigeria : Bayero University, Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages, 1978
This is the published proceedings of the First International Conference on Hausa Language and Literature held at Bayero University, Kano, July 7-10, 1978 = Nahawu da Adabin Hausa: Tarin Takardun da aka Gabatar a Babban Taron Kara wa Juna Ilmi Kan Harshe da Adabin Hausa, a Jami’ar Bayero, Kano, 7 zuwa 10 ga Watan Yuli, 1978.
- Sur les Rives du Fleuve Niger: Contes sahéliens, recueillis en pays Haoussa, Zarma, Mandé, Peul, Manding, Banmanan, Dogon, Touareg, Bornouan, Mossi byCall Number: PL8013.F7 S87 2000ISBN: 2865370968Publication Date: Paris : Karthala, c2000English translation of title would be On the Banks of River Niger: Sahelian Stories from Hausa, Zarma, Mande, Fulani, Manding, Banmanan, Dogon, Touareg, Bornu and Mossi Peoples Published in the Contes et légendes series
The Hausa of Nigeria by Call Number: DT515.45.H38 S25 2010ISBN: 9780761847243Publication Date: Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, c2010- The Living Culture of Nigeria byCall Number: DT515.4 .L785ISBN: 0175442010Publication Date: Lagos: Thomas Nelson (Nigeria) Ltd., 1976A presentation of different aspects and diversity of Nigerian culture, with photographic illustrations.
- The Spirits and their Cousins: Some aspects of belief, ritual, and social organization in a rural Hausa village in Niger byCall Number: BL2480.H3 F38Publication Date: Amherst: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, 1975A research article in the University of Massachusetts' department of Anthropology research reports, vol. 15.
- Wayewar Kan Afirka Ta Dauri byCall Number: DT25 .A65155 1989ISBN: 2708705199Publication Date: Sokoto: Usmanu Danfodiyo University Press, c1989
Uniform title for this publications is Ancient civilizations of Africa: Hausa. Produced under the auspices of UNESCO's International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa.
- Hausa Medicine: Illness and well-being in a West African culture byCall Number: DT515.45.H38 W35 1988ISBN: 0822307774Publication Date: Durham : Duke University Press, 1988
Music and Video
Fiddling in West Africa: Touching the spirit in Fulbe, Hausa and Dagbamba cultures by Call Number: ML3760 .D55 2008ISBN: 9780253349248Publication Date: Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c2008- Glossary of Hausa Music and Its Social Contexts byCall Number: ML106.N5 A5ISBN: 0810103613Publication Date: Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1971
- Music from the Villages of Northeastern NigeriaCall Number: F-4532Publication Date: Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Folkways, p2001Audio recordings of Hausa music from the Bura, Bolewa, Tangale and Tera peoples of Northeastern Nigeria, amongst others. Includes, praise songs, war chants, funeral dirges, etc, performed by various local musicians. These recordings are archived at the Smithsonian Institute's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and can be accessed here
- Muslim Women Sing: Hausa popular songs byCall Number: ML3503.N6 M32 2004ISBN: 0253345049Publication Date: Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c2004Topics covered include the music, poetry, history, the singers and their lives and criticisms of the various works/songs. Available at KU's music & dance library.
- The Role of an Oral Singer in Hausa/Fulani Society: A case study of Mamman Shata byCall Number: GR351.32.H34 A23 1975Publication Date: Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1982Photocopy of a 1975 University of Indiana Ph.D. thesis on the works and art form of Malam Mamman Shatta, a popular Hausa singer/artist from Katsina, Nigeria.
