Hausa Folk-Lore: Customs, Proverbs, Etc. (Forgotten Books)

Book Description:

"Hausa Folk-lore is a book by Maalam Shaihua, translated by R. Sutherland Rattray, published in 1913. It contains twenty-one folk-stories of the Hausa people of Africa. The book is notable in that it was actually written by one of the Hausa, not a European, as is common in such books from the time period." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

Table of Contents:

Publisher’s Preface; Preface; Author's Note; Part I.; A Short History, Purporting To Give The Origin Of The Hausa Nation And The Story Of Their Conversion To The Mohammedan Religion.; Part ii. 'stories About People'; The Story Of The Slave By Name 'the World'; How Brothers And Sisters First Came To Quarrel And Hate Each Other; The Story Of The Boy And The Old Woman, And How The Wasp Got His Small Waist; The Story About A Beautiful Maiden, And How The Hartebeest Got The Marks Under Its Eyes Like Teardrops; How The Whip And The 'maara' Spoon (a Broken Bit Of Calabash) Came To The Haunts Of Men; A Story About A Chief, And How His Sons Observed His Funeral, And The Origin Of The Spider; A Story About An Orphan, Showing That 'he Who Sows Evil, It Comes Forth In His Own Garden'; A Story About A Witch, And How The Baby Of The Family Outwitted Her, And Invented The First Walled Town; The Doctor Who Went A Pilgrimage To Mecca On A Hyena; A Story About A Chief And His Cook; A Story About Three Youths All Skilled In Certain Things, And How They Used That Skill To Circumvent A Difficulty.; A Story About A Giant, And The Cause Of Thunder; A Story About An Orphan Which Was The Origin Of The Saying 'the Orphan With A Coat Of Skin Is Hated, But When It Is A Metal One He Is Honoured'; A Story Of A Jealous Man And What Befell Him; A Story Of A Great Friendship And How It Was Put To The Test; A Story About A Test Of Skill; A Story About Miss Salt, Miss Pepper, &c.; The Story Of Muusa (moses) And How It Came About That Brothers And Sisters Do Not Marry Each Other; A Story About A Hunter And His Son; A Story About A Maiden And The Pumpkin; The Gaawoo-tree And The Maiden, And The First Person Who Ever Went Mad; Endnotes

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