Hausa prose writings in Ajami by Alhaji Umaru from A. Mischlich / H. Sölken's collection
By: Stanisław Piłaszewicz.
Contributors: Piłaszewicz, Stanisław.
Series: Sprache und Oralität in Afrika ;; 22. Bd.
Publisher: Reimer
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
Subjects: Burkina Faso -- History.; Hausa (African people) -- History.; Dagbani (African people) -- History.; Grusi (African people) -- History.; Nigeria -- History -- To 1851.; Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899.; Ghana -- History -- To 1957.
Notes: English and Hausa.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-347) and index.
"Contains a critical edition of eleven Hausa manuscripts written in the àjàmi script ... The author of the majority of them [9 works] was Alhaji Umaru"--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Life of priest Umaru (Imam Umaru) of Kano; title: Proto-Fulani and Fulani; title: Sokoto I; title: History of Sokoto II; title: Kano; title: Zamfara; title: Katsina; title: Nupe; title: Masina; title: History of the Dagomba people; title: History of the Gurunsi.