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Growing Up & Marrying Hausa

From childhood to the new household: a study, short lessons, quizzes and a funny tale about life stages and marriage in Hausa society, based on one main academic source.

The academic studyA full reading: life stages, kirki, preparing for marriage, the household, seclusion, divorce and mixed marriages in Yauri.→

Interactive courses

Life stagesFrom jariri to amarya: the words Hausa use for growing up. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Starter Start → Getting readyLearning a trade, saving, and preparing a household. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Core Start → Wedding and newsA wedding where the bride is away, and how the news travels. 2 lessons · quiz · Level Core Start → The householdCompounds, cousin marriage, seclusion, polygyny and divorce. 2 lessons · quiz · Level Deeper Start → Marrying across groups in YauriWhat Salamone found among neighbours of different religions and peoples. 1 lessons · quiz · Level Deeper Start → Audu and the bags of sixAn invented funny tale about a groom and a very precise list. 1 lessons · quiz · Level Fun Start →

Play & practise

Mix-up quiz10 random questions from every course. Term flashcardsFlip the cards and learn the key Hausa terms. Memory matchFind each Hausa term and its meaning. Life-stage line-upPut the four life stages in the right order.
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