Online Resources:

Memrise – Learn Hausa

• Offers vocabulary, listening practice, and videos by native speakers. Great for building everyday listening & speaking skills in an interactive way.
• 👉https://www.memrise.com/

Bluebird Languages – Learn Hausa. Speak Hausa. Stud. app

• Contains prerecorded lessons with words, phrases, and real-life situations. Uses spaced repetition—good for steady practice.
• 👉https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pronunciatorllc.bluebird.hausa&hl=en-US

Kamus – Hausa–English / English–Hausa Dictionary

• Handy for looking up vocabulary while reading novels or texts, with pronunciation help.
• 👉https://kamus.com.ng/

A Grammar of the Hausa Language by Migeod, Frederick William Hugh, 1872, e-book

• Ideal for intermediate learners seeking a structured, rule-based approach to Hausa grammar. Offers historical insight into early linguistic studies of Hausa. Provides a comprehensive overview of Hausa grammar in a single volume.
• 👉 https://archive.org/details/grammarofhausala00migeiala/page/n7/mode/2up

BBC Hausa

• News in Hausa (both text and audio). Excellent for hearing natural usage, learning idioms, and picking up current vocabulary.
• 👉https://www.bbc.com/hausa

CGTN Hausa

• Hausa-language service of China Global Television Network (CGTN), part of China Media Group. It offers news, cultural content, and educational programming tailored for Hausa-speaking audiences.
• 👉https://hausa.cgtn.com

Leadership Hausa

• Hausa-language edition of Leadership Newspapers, a prominent Nigerian media outlet established in 2001. The Hausa service provides timely news coverage on politics, business, sports, entertainment, and cultural affairs, catering to Hausa-speaking audiences both within Nigeria and across the West African region.
• 👉https://hausa.leadership.ng

Legit

• A leading Nigerian digital news platform established in 2012. It provides timely and comprehensive coverage of national and international news, with a focus on politics, business, sports, entertainment, and cultural affairs.
• 👉https://hausa.legit.ng

Library Resources

References

• Madauci, Ibrahim. Hausa Customs. Zaria :Northern Nigerian Pub. Co., 1968.
• Kraft, Charles H., author. Introductory Hausa. Berkeley, California :University of California Press, 1973.
• Naʾibi Sulaimanu Wali. Wakokin Hausa. Zaria :Northern Nigerian Pub. Co., 1972. [ for Hausa songs]
• Merrick, George. Hausa Proverbs. New York :Negro Universities Press, 1969.
• Robinson, Charles H. (Charles Henry).  Hausa Grammar, with Exercises, Readings, and Vocabularies, and Specimens of Hausa Script. London :Routledge & K. Paul, 1959.

Novels

• Ingawa, Ahmadu. Iliya ʻdam Maikarfi. Zaria :Gaskiya Corporation, 1965.
• Dembo, Umaru A. Tauraruwa Mai Wutsiya. Zaria :Northern Nigerian Pub. Co, 1969.
• Fulani, Dan. Sauna Da Barayin Banki. Zaria, Nigeria :Hudahuda Pub. Co., 1981.
• Adamu, Yusuf Muhammad. Idan so Cuta Ne–. Kano, Kano State :Y.M. Adamu : Obtainable from Zamani Books, 1989.