Jiki Magayi

Jiki Magayi littafi ne na adabin Hausa wanda Malam Abubakar Imam ya rubuta. An fara wallafa littafin a shekarar 1934 ta hannun Northern Literature Bureau a Najeriya. Littafin na ɗaya daga cikin fitattun rubuce-rubucen da suka kafa tubalin adabin Hausa na zamani.

 Tarihi 
An wallafa Jiki Magayi ne a lokacin da gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ke ƙarfafa rubuce-rubuce a harsunan gida domin bunƙasa ilimi da adabi. Malam Abubakar Imam, wanda ɗan jarida ne kuma marubuci, ya yi amfani da hikima da kwaikwayo wajen koyar da darussa a cikin littafin.Adamu, A. U. (1999). Issues in Hausa Writing and Publishing. Kano: Centre for Hausa Cultural Studies.  

 Jigo 
Littafin ya ƙunshi labarin da ke koyar da gaskiya, rikon amana da dabara wajen fuskantar ƙalubale. Har ila yau, yana ƙarfafa tunani da natsuwa wajen yanke hukunci. Yana amfani da salon kwaikwayo da barkwanci domin jan hankalin mai karatu.Furniss, G. (1996). Poetry, Prose and Popular Culture in Hausa. Edinburgh University Press. 

 Tasiri 
Jiki Magayi ya kasance muhimmin littafi a tarihin adabin Hausa, kuma an karanta shi a makarantu da dama a matsayin littafin karatu. Ya taimaka wajen karfafa rubuce-rubuce da sha'awar adabin gargajiya a tsakanin matasa da malaman makaranta.Yahaya, I. Y. (1988). Hausa a Rubuce: Tarihin Rubuce-rubucen Hausa. Zaria: NNPC.

 Salon Rubutu 
Littafin ya ƙunshi salon da ke haɗa barkwanci, hikaya da kuma amfani da karin magana na Hausa. Wannan salon ya sa Jiki Magayi ya fi ɗaukar hankali, musamman ga matasa da sabbin masu karatu. Imam ya gina labarin ne da sauƙin fahimta, amma mai zurfin ma’ana.Skinner, N. (1970). An Anthology of Hausa Literature. University of Wisconsin Press.  

 Muhimmanci a Adabin Hausa 
Jiki Magayi ya zama ɗaya daga cikin littattafan farko da aka karɓa sosai a adabin Hausa. Littafin ya kafa hanyar da wasu marubuta kamar Bala Anas Babinlata da Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa suka bi wajen rubuce-rubuce da koyar da darussa ta hanyar adabi.Imam, A. (1939). Magana Jari Ce (Volume I–III). Zaria: Northern Nigeria Publishing Company.

 Amfani a Makarantu 
An yi amfani da Jiki Magayi a matsayin littafin karatu a makarantu da dama a Najeriya, musamman a Arewa. Haka kuma, ya kasance cikin jerin littattafan da ake nazari a bangaren Hausa a jami’o’i da kwalejoji.

 Tacewar Jama’a 
Littafin ya samu karɓuwa sosai, kuma ana ci gaba da nazarin sa har yanzu a fannonin adabi, tarihin Hausa da ilimin harshen Hausa. Jama’a da dama sun yaba da fasaha da hikimar da Imam ya nuna a littafin.

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