Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53588#.VMnhiizQrzE Author(s) Chaibou Elhadji Oumarou * Affiliation(s) Department of English, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey, Niger . ABSTRACT This paper explores the Hausa verbal art forms in Shaihu Umar, a novel first published in the Hausa language and then translated into English. The paper mostly focuses on the author’s use of the structures of a Hausa initiation tale as a vehicle for the narrative in the novel. In other words, the paper attempts to investigate how the author uses the structures of Hausa tales for stylistic effects. As a result, the paper tries to identify and analyze what the novel owes to the indigenous Hausa literary tradition as an illustration of the interface between orality and literacy. KEYWORDS Verbal Art , Tale , Novel , Interface Cite this paper Oumarou, C. (2015) An Explo...
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