Specimens of Hausa Literature

Author: Robinson, Charles Henry
Title: Specimens of Hausa Literature
Publication: Cambridge: At the University Press, 1896.
Edition: First PrintingBinding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket.

Description: Spine title faded, light text tone, otherwise light wear. No facsimile pages. Solid hardcover. ; Bilingual English and Hausa languages, on facing pages. This copy does NOT have any facsimiles. "... the MSS which form the present volume are the first published specimens of Hausa writing ..." - Introduction. "The Manuscripts forming the present collection were obtained in different parts of the Hausa States of Western Central Africa, the first three by my brother the late Rev John Alfred Robinson, and the remainder by myself. The issue of the present volume is a firstfruit of the work of the "Hausa Association" which was formed in 1891 "for the purpose of promoting the study of the Hausa language and peole." - Preface. ; xix, 112 pages.

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