Biography, Culture, History, Proverbs, Religion, & Society
- Abba, Abdullahi. Tarihin Bauchi ta Yakubu. Zaria [Nigeria] : Gaskiya Corp., 1993. (71 p.) [In Hausa, a history of the Bauchi kings since the 19th century.]
- ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad. Jagorar shugabanci a musulunci da warwarar wasu matsaloli na addini : talifin Shehu Abdullahi Dan Fodiyo. Kano [Nigeria] : Cibiyar Nazarin Harsunan Nijeriya, [1992]. (138 p.) [Early 19th century Hausa work on Islamic leadership by emir of Gwandu, brother of Uthman dan Fodio, founder of the Sokoto Caliphate.]
- ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad. Littafin kitabun-niyyati fil a'malid-dunyawiyyati wad-di'niyyati. [Edited and comments by] Muhammad Isa Talata-Mafara. [Nigeria : s.n.], [1992] (60 p.) [Selected writings of early 19th century emir of Gwandu, brother of Uthman dan Fodio, founder of the Sokoto Caliphate.]
- ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, Emir of Gwandu, c1767-1829. Zaɓaɓɓun littattaffai na Shehu Abdullahi Ɗan Fodiyo. 3 vols. Samaru, Gusau : Iqra'ah Publishing House, [2013]
--See also: English translation
- Abdulkadir, Dandatti. The poetry, life, and opinions of Saʾadu Zungur. Zaria : Northern Nigerian Pub. Co., 1974. (109 p.) [English & Hausa]
--See also: Zungur, Sa'adu below.
- Abdullahi, Shehu Umar. Gaskiya dokin k̳arfe. Kano, Nigeria : Mai-Nasara Printing, 1985. (127 p.) [In Hausa, essays on Hausa culture, Islam, social change, politics, & development in Nigeria under colonialism and in the post-colonial era.]
- Abubakar, Alhaji. Kano ta dabo cigari. Zaria: Northern Nigerian Publishing Co., 1978. (105 p.) [In Hausa, a history of Kano.]
- Abubakar Gidado El-Nafaty. Tarihin Islam. Zaria: Northern Nigerian Publishing Company, 1977 (1979 printing). (259 p.) [In Hausa, a history of Islam.]
- Abubakar, Mohammed N. and Alhasan Sule. Tarihin rayuwar Dr. Alhaji Mamman Shata. [Kano : s.n., 1998?] (78 p.) [Biography.]
- Abubuwan da za a yi a taki na karshe : abin da ya kamata ka sani. [Nigeria] : National Electoral Commission, [1992 or 1993] (20 p.) [A voter and election monitoring guide.]
- Adewuya, Anthonia V., Malam Abubakar, Ahmadu Yaro, and Garba Umar Suru. Hanyar zaman iyali : tattalin gida domin yara maza da mata a makarantun Firamaren Nijeriya : littafi na uku. Ibadan, Nigeria : Onibonoje Press, 1988. (31 p.) [In Hausa, on nutrition, cleanliness, & preventive health.]
- Ahmed, Abubakar Sadiq. Tarihin rayuwar Alhaji Nababa Badamasi. Nigeria: Uniprinters Limited, [199-?] (68 p.) [Biography]
- Anwar, Auwalu. Tasirin siyasa a addini : tijjanawa da tirjanawa a Kano, 1937-1991. [Zaria, Nigeria] : Stronglink, c1992. (61 p.) [In Hausa, on the political history of Tijani Muslims in 20th century Kano.]
- Asma'u, Nana. Collected works of Nana Asma'u, daughter of Usman dan Fodiyo, (1793-1864). [Edited by Jean Boyd and Beverly B. Mack.] African historical sources; no. 9. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, [1997] (753 p.) [English analysis, with Hausa texts & English translations.]
--See also: E-book [Columbia only!]
- Baagil, Hasan M. Muslim-Christian dialogue = Muhawara tsakanin Musulmi da Krista [na Muhammad Bin Uthman.] Kano : [s.n.], 1999. (112 p.) [Mostly in Hausa.]
- Baba, of Karo. Labarin Baba: mutuniyar Karo ta kasar Kano. Transcribed and translated by Mary Smith ta rubuta; ta tsara da taimakon Neil Skinner. Madison, Wis.: African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, c1993. (89 p.; originally published in English in 1954) [An autobiographical account in Hausa, with sociological insights.]
--See also: 1981 English ed. ; Law Library copy of 1981 ed.
--Plus: 1964 English ed.
--Plus: 1955 English ed.
--And: 1954 English ed. ; Burke Library copy of 1954 ed.
- Bahago, Ahmad. Kano ta dabo tumbin giwa: tarihin unguwannin Kano da mazaunanta da ganuwa da kofofin Gari. Kano: Munawwar Books Foundation, 1998. (237 p.) [In Hausa, a history of Kano.]
- Bahaushiya : bukin makon Hausa na farko na Kungiyar Habaka Hausa, Jamiʾar Ahmadu Bello ta Zariya. [Zaria, Nigeria : Ahmadu Bello University, 1986?] (223 p.) [In Hausa, selected proceedings from a conference held at Ahmadu Bello University in March 1985 on Hausa language, literature & culture, including several poetic texts.]
- Bakura, Adamu Rabi'u and Abu-Ubaida Sani. Sunayen Hausawa : bunƙasar sunayen hausawa da maƙwabtansu. [Nigeria] : Adamu Rabi'u Bakura & Abu-Ubaida Sani (self-published), 2024. (115 p.) [Personal Hausa names in Kano State.]
- Bello, Muḥammad, Sultan of Sokoto, 1781-1837. Zaɓaɓɓun littattaffai na Sarkin Musulmi Muhammadu Bello. 2 vols. Samaru, Gusau : Iqra'ah Publishing House, [2013]
--See also: English translation
- Bello, Omar. Jaddada addini a kasar Hausa : jihadin Shaykh Uthman b. Foduye. [Sokoto] : Islamic Academy, [1994] (23 p.) [In Hausa, on the jihad of Uthman dan Fodio, founder of the Sokoto Caliphate.]
- Burji, Badamasi Shu'aibu G. Gaskiya nagartar namiji : tarihin rayuwar Janar Hassan Usman Katsina Kano : Burji Publishers, 1997. (462 p.) [Biography{
- Dahiru, Muhammad Sanusi. Laifin wa?. Katsina : Na-Hamisu Press, 1996. (54 p.) [On Hausa culture.]
- Dalhat, M. T. Ilimin jima'i a musulunci. Kaduna : Alkausar Print. and Pub. Co., 1993. (73 p.) [In Hausa, about sexual relations in Islam.]
- Daure, Buhari. Tarihi da al'adun mutanen Najeriya. [Katsina? : s.n., 1998?] (90 p.) [Nigerian history]
- Dodo, Aishatu Nurudeen. Taran aradu da ka. Kaduna : Bamoya Printing Press, 1997. (35 p.) [In Hausa, on marriage.]
- Durumin-Iya, Salisu Mai'Unguwa. Kissar Sarauniya Bilkisu : mai gadon zinare. Kano : [s.n.], 1998. (31 p.) [A pamphlet in Hausa, commentary on Islam.]
- East, Rupert Moultrie and Alhaji Abubakar Imam. Ikon Allah: labarin halita iri iri ta cikin duniya. 5 vols. Zaria: Northern Nigerian Pub. Co., c1966 (1977 printing). [Natural history]
- Fletcher, Roland S. Hausa sayings & folk-lore; with a vocabulary of new words. London; New York: Oxford University Press, 1912. (173 p.)
- Gamagira, Sa'idu. Littafin mafarki. Zaria : Northern Nigerian Pub. Co., c1970- [In Hausa, about dreams; Columbia only has volume 1.]
- Guibe, Is'haq Idris. Rayayyen nahawun larabci da ka'Idojinsa = al-Naḥw al-wā ḍiḥ fī qawā ʻid al-lughah al-ʻArabī yah. Kaduna: Kauran Wali Islamic Bookshop, 1998. [In Hausa, on the Arabic language ; Columbia has only volume 1.]
- Gusau, Sa'idu Muhammad. Dabarun nazarin adabin hausa. Kaduna : Dab'in Fisbas Media Services, 1995. (72 p.) [On Hausa writers, works by colonial European writers on Hausa language & culture, & modern researchers (African & nonAfrican) & their contributions.]
- Gusau, Sa'idu Muhammad. Jagorar nazarin wakar baka. Kaduna : Dab'in Fisbas Media Services, 1993. (81 p.) [A study of Hausa spoken language.]
- Gusau, Sa'idu Muhammad. Madad̳a da mawakan Hausa. Kaduna : Fisbas Media Services, [1996] [Biographical sketches of Hausa rulers in the 20th century.]
- Hakīm, Tawfīq. Mutanen kogo. Mai fassara Ahmed Sabir. Ibadan, Nigeria: Oxford University Press, c1976. (105 p.) [A dramatization in Hausa, based on the 18th sura in the Noble Quran, "The Cave".]
- Hiskett, Mervyn. A history of Hausa Islamic verse. London : University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1975. (274 p.)
- Histoire du Dawra. [Traditions historiques du Dawra par Makada Ibira de Kantché ; transcription et traduction par Issaka Dankousso.] Niamey, Niger: Centre régional de documentation pour la tradition orale, 1970. (39 leaves.) [Hausa & French]
- Imam, Tijani M. Hikayoyin Shehu Jaha. 2 vols. Kano : Baitul Hikmah, 1998. [Stories in Hausa about 13th century Seljuq Sufi philosopher in what is now Turkey, known for his satire.]
- Jaggar, Philip J. Hausa newspaper reader. Kensington, Md.: Dunwoody, c1996. (225 p.)
- Jahun, Lauya Suleiman Ibrahim. Sarkin kano : alu maisango. Kano : Alaramma Books Centre, c1986. (94 p.) [In Hausa, on the emir of Kano.]
- Kano, Aminu. Rayuwar Ahmad Mahmud Sa'adu Zungur. Zaria: Northern Nigerian Pub. Co., 1973.
(17 p.) [A short biography of Sa'sadu Zungur, Nigerian nationalist.]
- Ka'oje, Abdullahi. Dare Daya : Allah kan yi Bature. Zaria : Northern Nigerian Publishing Company, 1973, reprint c1978. (71 p.)
- Kirk-Greene, Anthony Hamilton Millard. (trans.) Hausa ba dabo ba ne; a collection of 500 proverbs. Translated and annotated by A. H. M. Kirk-Greene. Ibadan [Nigeria] Oxford University Press, 1966. (84 p.) [English & Hausa]
- Kubau, Y.A. Shi, hijabi umarnin wane ne?. Kano : Garba Mohammed Bookshop, 1996. (20 p.) [A pamphlet on the religious & social meaning of the hijab.]
- Kure, Mai Kudi. Shaida bishara ga Musulmi Hausawa da Fulani musamman : da yadda za a goyi Musulmi wanda ya tuba. [S.l. : s.n., c1990] (Jos [Nigeria] : Covenant Press) (35 p.) [In Hausa, about Christian converts among Muslim Hausa.]
- Kwalli, Kabiru Mohammed. Kano Jalla babbar Hausa. [Kano? : s.n.], 1996. (313 p.) [In Hausa, a history of Kano.]
- Labarun Hausawa da makwabtansu. 2 vols. Zaria: Northern Nigerian Pub. Co., 1970 (1979 printing). [In Hausa, on the political history of the Hausa and their neighbors.]
- Littafin wakoki. Jos, Nigeria : Published for Christian Media Fellowship by Challenge Publications, 1982. (365 p.) [In Hausa translation, a book of Christian hymns.]
- Maigari, Muhammad Tahir. Ilimin alkalanci na shari'a. Kano, Nigeria : Fairamma Publishing Co., 1991. [In Hausa, on Islamic law.]
- Makarfi, Abdulkarim A. Garba. Sarkin Zazzau : Malam Ja'afaru 'Dan Is'hak. Zaria : Makarfi Publishing, 1990. (138 p.) [In Hausa, a profile of Ja'afaru 'Dan Is'hak, emir of Zazzau or Zaria.]
- Malumfashi, Ibrahim. Asalin zuriyar galaduncin Katsina. [Kaduna: NNN, Commercial Printing Dept., 1990] (48 p.) [In Hausa, on the galadimas, rulers of Katsina.]
- Merrick, George. Hausa proverbs. New York, Negro Universities Press [1969] (113 p.) [English & Hausa]
--See also: 1905 ed.
- Muhammad, Mahmoud Aliyu. Hanyoyin tsari daga kamuwa da cutar al-jannu da sihiri da rashin lafiya mai wuyar magani. Kano : Burji Publishers, [1998?] (20 p.)
- Nafiou, Rabiou. La sagesse populaire haoussa en 300 proverbes et dictons : ou Kogin Hikima. Paris : L'Harmattan, [2014] (81 p.) [French & Hausa}
- Nawawī. Hadisai Arbaʾin : = al-Arbaʻūn ḥadithan al-Nawawīyah. [Translated by] Alhaji Abubakar Mahmud Gumi. Zaria : The Northern Nigerian Publishing Co., 1982. (24 p.) [In Hausa translation, selected hadiths of 13th century Shafi'ite Imam Nawawi.]
- Nuruddeen, Ibrahim. Fate-fate kan tona. Kano : Munawwar Books Foundation, 1997. (59 p.) [In Hausa, a memoir of Yusuf Halilu's experiences in 20th century London, England.]
- Omoruyi, Omo. Taimakon Mallam Aminu Kano dangane da fahimtar da talaka siyasa a Nijeriya. Abuja : Cibiyar Nazarin Dimokaradiyya, 1992. (35 p.) [In Hausa, about Aminu Kano and his leadership role in the politics of the poor in Nigeria.]
- Othman, Mairo Yusuf. Rikon gida sai mata. Kano : Masbel Press, [199-?]- [On home economics & crafts; Columbia only has volume 1.]
- Pilaszewicz, Stanislaw. The Zabarma conquest of north-west Ghana and upper Volta: a Hausa narrative "Histories of Samory and Babatu and others" by Mallam Abu. Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers, 1992. (207 p.) [English commentary, with Hausa historical texts in Arabic script & transliteration.]
- Prietze, Rudolf. Haussa-sprichwörter und Haussa-lieder. Kirchhain N.-L., Buchdruckerei von M. Schmersow, 1904. (85 p.) [In German & Hausa, collected & edited Hausa proverbs & songs.]
- Rattray, Robert Sutherland (ed. & trans.) Hausa folk-lore, customs, proverbs, etc. 2 vols. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1969. [Hausa texts, in Arabic script (or àjàmi), with Roman transliteration & English translation.]
--See also: 1913 ed. ; Burke Library copy
--Plus: E-book [Columbia only!]
- Rayuwar Hausawa. [Compiled by] Cibiyar Nazarin Harsunan Nijeriya, Jamiʾar Bayero = Bayero University. Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages. Lagos : Thomas Nelson (Nigeria) Ltd., 1981. (46 p.) [On Hausa history & culture.]
- Ringim, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello. Salsalar ya'yan Abdullahi Maje Karofi da Jikokinsa. Kano : [s.n.], 1997. (66 p.) [In Hausa, a history of the Karofi family.]
- Ringim, Maryam Uba. Me ke kawo mutuwar aure? Kano : Jihisa Secretaries, 1998. (74 p.)
- Sani, Umar Mohammed. Tsabta da kare kai daga cuta. Zaria : Huda Huda Pub. Co., 1997- [In Hausa, a pamphlet on nutrition, cleanliness, & preventive health; Columbia only has volume 1.]
- Schön, James Frederick. Magana Hausa : native literature, or proverbs, tales, fables and historical fragments in the Hausa language. [To which is added a translation in English.] 2 vols. Nendeln: Kraus Reprint, [1885-1886], reprint 1970. [In Hausa & English, a collection of proverbs, folktales, & life & travels of "Dorugu" accompanying Heinrich Barth in Africa, England, & Germany,]
--See also: E-book [Columbia onlyl!]
- Sharīf, Muḥammad Shākir. Illolin raba siyasa da addini : da hadarin kafirar gwamnati. [Edited by] Abdullahi Jibril Ahmed. [S.l.] : Atta'awun Pub., [1991?]. (25 p.) [In Hausa, on Islam & politics.]
- Soron Dinki, Dahiru Umar. Ulama'u na Allah : tarihin Imam Abu Hanifa da kuma Imam Malik (R.A.). Kano : Dahiru Umar Sorondinki, [1998?]- [In Hausa, a multi-volume work on Islam & biography of Abu Hanifa; Columbia only has volume 1.]
- Sufi, Husaini Ahmad. Wali Sulaimanu a tarihin Kano. Kano : Mali-Nasara Press, [1993?]. (415 p.) [On the history of Kano, with biographical sketches of rulers & prominent persons.]
- Sulaiman, Aliyu Isa. Tir-madalla a fina-finan Hausa. Zaria : Ahmadu Bello University Press and Publishers, [2019]. (188 p.) [On Hausa language films in Nigeria.]
- Suleiman, Amina Garba. Ciki da goyo ikon Allah. Kano: A-Z Printers, 1999- [In Hausa, a handbook for expectant & new mothers on nutrition, pre-natal, & post-natal care; Columbia library only has volume 1.]
- Talata-Mafara, Muhammad Isa. Daular usmaniyya : rayuwar sheshu usman danfodiyo da gwagwarmayarsa : littafi na farko. Zaria : Hudahuda, 1419 [1999] (156 p.) [In Hausa, a biography of Usman dan Fodio, & on the political history of major cities & emirates in the Sokoto caliphate.]
- Tarihi, Hukumar Binciken. Garuruwan Jihar Katsina. Na Hukumar Binciken Tarihi da Kyautata Al'adu ta jihar Katsina. 2 vols. [Katsina : s.n.], 1996- [In Hausa, on the kings & rulers of Katsina.]
- Tarihin Sheikh Ibrahim Inyas (R.T.A.) : takaitaccan tarihin sheihul Islam, Assaiyidi Ibrahim Inyas Khaulaha Attijjaniyu (R.T.A.) wanda aka rairayo shi a cikin (Hayatus Sheikh). [Kano? : s.n., 1998?] (35 p.) [A biography of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass of the Tijani sufi order.]
- Tattalin albarkatun kasa : tarin takardun da aka gabatar a taron aikin gayya na farko kan tattalin albarkatun kasa wanda reshen jihar kano na kungiyar tattalin albarkatun kasa, ya gudanar. Tsantsamewa da tsarawar Abba Rufa'i. Kano, Nigeria : Bayero University, 1991. (93 p.) [In Hausa, on land use & environment in northern Nigeria.]
- Tijjani, Safiya A. Aure dodon maza-- . [Kaduna? : s.n.], 1997. (46 p.) [In Hausa, a pamphlet on money & gender relations.]
- Tremearne, Arthur John Newman. The Niger and the West Sudan; or, The West African's note book. A vade mecum containing hints and suggestions as to what is required by Britons in West Africa, together with historical and anthropological notes and easy Hausa phrases used in everyday conversation. London, Hodder & Stoughton [etc., pref. 1910] (151 p.)
- Umaru, Alhaji. Hausa prose writings in Ajami by Alhaji Umaru ; from A. Mischlich. H. Sölken's collection ; Stanislaw Pilaszewicz. Sprache und Oralität in Afrika; 22. Bd. Berlin: Reimer, 2000. (507 p.) [Selections from 11 Hausa manuscripts written in the àjàmi script.]
- Usuman dan Fodio, 1754-1817. Waṣīyat al-Shaykh ʻUthmān ibn Fūdī. al-nāshir, Manjū Muṣṭafá Jūkūlū ibn Amīr Ghawand al-Ḥājj Hārūn al-Rashīd. Zāriyā, Nījīriyā : Maṭbaʻat Ghasikiyā Kūfarīshin, [1989?] (48, 36 p.) [In Arabic & Hausa, the will & testament of the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate.]
- Usuman dan Fodio, 1754-1817. Zaɓaɓɓun littattaffai na Shehu Usumanu Ɗan Fodiyo. 3 vols. Samaru, Gusau : Iqra'ah Publishing House, [2013]
--See also: English translation
- Wali, Naʼibi Sulaimanu. Duniya ina za ki da mu? [Zaria : Northern Nigeria Pub. Co.], 1974 (1979 printing) (60 p.) [On Hausa culture & morals.]
- Westley, David. Hausa oral traditions: an annotated bibliography. Working papers in African studies ; no. 15. Boston, MA: African Studies Center, Boston University, c1991. (22 leaves)
- Yahaya, Ibrahim Yaro. Hausa a rubuce : tarihin rubuce rubuce cikin Hausa. Zaria : Kamfanin Buga Littattafai Na Nigeria Ta Arewa, 1988. (344 p.) [A history of Hausa written literature.]
- Yakasai, Kabiru Ibrahim. Kasuwa a kai miki dole : tarihin kasuwanni da ciniki a kasar Kano. [Nigeria] : K.I. Yakasai, 1994. (205 p.) [In Hausa, on the markets of Kano.]
- Yunusa, Yusufu. Hausa a dunkule. Illustrations by Tsalhatu Amfani Joe. Zaria : Northern Nigerian Publishing Co., 1978. (120 p.) [Hausa proverbs.]
- Ziyara, Nasiru Musa. Khalifa : Khalifa Shekh Ishaq Rabiu. Kano : Hakima Graphic, 1995. (220 p.) [Biography of Shekh Ishaq Rabiu of Kano.]
- Zungur, Saʼadu. Saʾadu Zungur : an anthology of the social and political writings of a Nigerian nationalist. Edited by Alhaji Mahmood Yakubu. Kaduna, Nigeria : Nigerian Defence Academy Press, 1999. (453 p.) [English & Hausa}