Experiments in Hausa Literature: an Example of Dan Fulani’s Fiction

Abstract

The article analyzes the main features of four works of Dan Fulani published in Hausa in the 1980s. The works under discussion may be considered to be a part of so-called “children’s literature” or adventure literature, aimed both at children and young adults. Experimental both in their form and content Dan Fulani’s novels express new literary tendencies. The analysis of fiction by Dan Fulani allows us to examine and to reveal the main tendencies that Hausa language and literature of early to mid 1980s exhibit. The article focuses on specific features of the detective novels under consideration: given description and comparison of main characters, the plot, main themes of the four works, and outlines the substance of experimental approaches by Dan Fulani.

Keywords:

experimental writing, Hausa literature, Hausa fiction, detective, Dan Fulani