{"id":451,"date":"2021-04-09T10:48:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/?page_id=451"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:30:57","slug":"hausa-unit-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/hausa\/hausa-unit-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 3: Amina Lawal Garba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Title<\/td>Conversation with Amina Lawal Garba<\/td><\/tr>
Interviewer<\/td>Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi<\/td><\/tr>
Subject<\/td>Amina Lawal Garba\u2019s personal life, how she was inspired to write a book on pharmacology in Hausa Ajami and also some of the challenges surrounding Hausa Ajami and how to solve them.<\/td><\/tr>
Content<\/td>Amina Lawal Garba is a young Ajamist. Born 27 years ago in Kano, she attended her primary and secondary school and then Bayero University, Kano, where she earned a Bachelor of Science with honors in Criminology. Currently, Amina serves in the National Youth Service Corps in the Sociology Department of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State. Young Amina\u2019s interest in Hausa Ajami came from multiple sources. First, she was close to her paternal grandfather who was a respected Islamic scholar and introduced her to Hausa Ajami at a very young age. She was further educated by her father, but after his death, Amina became alienated from Hausa Ajami. However, when her mother became ill, this motivated Amina to learn about traditional herbs and pharmacology. Much of that information was written in Hausa in the Latin script (boko), but also in Hausa Ajami. Her prior Ajami knowledge gave her the skills to decipher many of the Ajami manuscripts on traditional healing. It was Amina\u2019s desire to spread knowledge on traditional healing, coupled with her interest in Ajami, that motivated her to write a book on traditional pharmacology and herbal medicines entitled Da Magani a Gonar Yaro<\/em>, first published in 2017 and revised in 2021. In this video interview, Amina narrates her biography, talks about her interest in Ajami, and extensively discusses her book. She highlights the value of Ajami to society, identifies some challenges in its use and learning, and makes suggestions about countering these.<\/td><\/tr>
Language<\/td>Hausa<\/td><\/tr>
Script<\/td>Hausa Ajami<\/td><\/tr>
Location<\/td>Smart View Multimedia, Fagge Local Government Kano State, Nigeria<\/td><\/tr>
Pedagogical content\/application<\/td>Includes relevant linguistic, stylistic, and cultural skills as identified in our assessment guidebook\/ ACTFL guidelines<\/td><\/tr>
Access condition and copyright<\/td>These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).<\/td><\/tr>
Contributors<\/td>Fallou Ngom, Jennifer Yanco, Mustapha Kurfi, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Alison Parker, and Frank Antonelli.<\/td><\/tr>
Required citation information<\/td>Fallou Ngom (PI), Jennifer Yanco, Mustapha Kurfi, and Daivi Rodima-Taylor. 2023. \u201cConversation with Amina Lawal Garba.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/hausa\/hausa-unit-3\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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