Adabi na Hausa duk wani tarin rubuce -rubuce na aiki a cikin yaren Hausa, a yalwace ya haɗa da ƙarin zane -zane kamar Shayari, almara, waƙa, kiɗa da wasan kwaikwayo a cikin al'adun Hausawa, sauran nau'ikan adabin Hausa sun haɗa da adabin baka wanda yawancinsu sun kasance rubuce. Hanyar adabin Hausa ta ƙunshi hanyar yin rikodi, adanawa, da watsa ilimi da nishaɗi, musamman a cikin rawar zamantakewa, tunani, ruhaniya, ko siyasa. Ainihin adabin Hausa tushe ne mai tushe a kan waƙoƙi, karin magana ko wasan kwaikwayo, kuma ana rarrabe irin waɗannan ayyukan gwargwadon lokutan tarihi, ko kuma riko da wasu fasalulluka na ado ko salo. jihad of Shehu Usman dan Fodio, were Hausa royalist and Emires engaged themselves more in literature, it was in this period time that Hausa people know much about Islamic literature and Arabic literature, royalist like Usman dan Fodio, Muhammed Bello.