Hausa Folk-Lore, by Maalam Shaihua, tr. by R. Sutherland Rattray, [1913], at sacred-texts.com
HAUSA FOLK-LORE
CUSTOMS, PROVERBS, ETC.
WANAN LITAFI TATSUNIA NE
THIS IS A BOOK OF STORIES
COLLECTED AND TRANSLITERATED WITH ENGLISH
TRANSLATION AND NOTES
BY
R. SUTHERLAND RATTRAY, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I.
OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD
ASSISTANT DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, ASHANTI, WEST AFRICA
AUTHOR OF 'CHINYANJA FOLK-LORE'
QUALIFIED INTERPRETER IN HAUSA, TWI, CHINYANJA, MOLE
WITH A PREFACE BY
R. R. MARETT, M.A.
READER IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
PRESIDENT OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
IN TWO VOLUMES: VOL. I
Published in 1913 at the Clarendon Press