Enter a world of warriors and devils, monkeys and hyenas, earthquakes and comets a magical realm, in which everyday life takes on supernatural elements. These enchanting tales originated among the Masai of East Africa, a nomadic culture of hunters and cattle raisers who remain close to their ancestral lifeways. At the turn of the twentieth century, when the Masai were even more sheltered from outside contact and influence than they are today, an experienced anthropologist entered their society to record these ancient tales, myths, and proverbs.For the past hundred years, this book has been cit... View More...
Originally published to meet the need for a practical dictionary both for native Hausa speakers and for those wishing to learn or improve their knowledge of the language, the dictionary has remained in demand since publication. Compiled by the Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages in Kano as a concise, compact and readily usable tool, the selection of words has been limited to those likely to occur in everyday conversation, books, newspapers and other mass media. It includes a large number of modern words adopted into Hausa. Main entries give spelling and punctuation, variant spellings an... View More...
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