African 306

Hausa Verbal Art in Translation

387 Van Hise Hall

2:25 T, R

Instructor: Linda Hunter

1404 Van Hise Hall

LHUNTER@WISC.EDU 262-8983

Week

Topic

Reading

Writing

Week 1

Tuesday, 5 Sept.	Introduction
Thursday, 7 Sept.	Gwaninta	Gizo and Crows	Exercise 1

Week 2

Tuesday, 12 Sept.

Structure

Ta-Kitse

The Hausa Tale of Ta-Kitse (Stephens: electronic reserves)

Exercise 2

Thursday, 14 Sept.

Tension / Balance

Malam's Daughter / Emir's Son

Marriage in the Hausa TatsuniyaTradition: A Cultural and Cosmic Balance (Stephens: electronic reserves)

Exercise 3

Week 3

Tuesday, 19 Sept.

Mirror Images

Water of Bagaja

Orphan Girl (in)

A "Cinderella" Tale in the Hausa Muslim Women's Imagination

(Alidou: electronic reserves)

Exercise 4

Thursday, 21 Sept.

Presentations

Essay 1

Week 4

Tuesday, 26 Sept.

Islam

Under the Crescent Moon

Thursday, 28 Sept.

Soyayya

Soul of my Heart

(Whitsitt: electronic reserves)

Exercise 5

Week 5

Tuesday, 3 Oct.

Soul of my Heart

Thursday, 5 Oct.

Concealment / Revelation

Bora da Mowa

Factors contributing to Survival of Bori (Danfulani: electronic reserves)

Neither Friend nor Foe (Abdalla: electronic reserves)

Exercise 6

Week 6

Tuesday, 10 Oct.

Stories of Origin and Bori Library Assignment

Barbushe

Bayajida

Thursday, 12 Oct.

Presentations

Essay 2

Week 7

Tuesday, 17 Oct.	Bigness	Bakandamiya	Exercise 7
Thursday, 19 Oct.	Early Prose Writing	Ruwan Bagaja	Exercise 8

Week 8

Tuesday, 24 Oct.

Morality and Aesthetics

Shaihu Umar

Kirki: A Core Value of Hausa Culture (Salamone and Salamone: electronic reserves)

Exercise 9

Thursday, 26 Oct.

Tribute / Homage

Zab’i Naka

Exercise 10

Week 9

Tuesday, 31 Oct.

Presentations

Essay 3

Thursday, 2 Nov.

Dodo: The Hausa Ogre

The Girl Who Married a Dodo

Daya and the Dodo

Dynamics and Dodo (Hunter and Oumarou)

Exercise 11

Week 10

Tuesday, 7 Nov.	Innovation	K’asarmu Ce	exercise 12 (will be done in class)
Thursday, 9 Nov.		K’asarmu Ce

Week 11

Tuesday, 14 Nov.		K'asarmu Ce	Exercise 13 (will be done in class)
Thursday, 16 Nov.	Presentations	Presentations	Essay 4

Week 12

Tuesday, 21 Nov.	.Metaphor	Ka Cici Ka Cici
Thursday, 23 Nov.	Thanksgiving

Week 13

Tuesday, 28 Nov.	Poetry	Muslim Women Sing
Thursday, 30 Nov.	Poetry	Muslim Women Sing	Exercise 14

Week 14

Tuesday, 5 Dec.	Metaphor	The Stillborn
Thursday, 7 Dec.	Triple Heritage	The Stillborn	Exercise 15

Week 15

Tuesday, 12 Dec.	Presentations	Presentations	Essay 5
Thursday, 14 Dec.	Conclusion

Take-Home final exam due Wednesday, December 20, 12:05.

Reading

Alkali, Zaynab The Stillborn

Mack, Beverly Muslim Women Sing

Tafawa Balewa, Abubakar Shaihu Umar

Grading

Participation 10%

Essays 40%

Exercises 25%

Final 25%