An African Night's Entertainment
| Title | An African Night’s Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Form of creative work | novel |
| Has edition or translation | Tafrija ya usiku |
| Author | Cyprian Ekwensi |
| Publisher | African Universities Press |
| Publication date | 1962 |
| Language of work or name | English |
| Page(s) | 96 |
An African Night's Entertainment sɛbã gʋlsd a Cyprian Ekwensi sẽn gʋls yʋʋmd 1962 wã.[1][2]
A ziiga
[tekre | teke sidgem]Nowɛllã be Northern Nigeria soolmã sẽn be Nizɛɛr noore, la a gomda nin-kʋdemd sẽn togsd-a kibarã. A goma a Abu Bakir la a sẽn baood sɩbgrã yelle, a Zainobe sẽn wa n kẽ kãadem ne a pagã la a vɩɩmã nonglem wã poore. A kẽe kãadem ne Mallam Shehu, sẽn yaa ra-rakãag sẽn tar paoong n dat n dog bi-ribl. Mallam Shehu ne a Zainobe tara bi-ribl a ye yʋʋr sẽn boond t'a Kyauta.
A Abu wẽename n na n sɩbg a meng n maan b sẽn datã, la a kẽnga tẽn-bɛd la tẽn-bɛdã pʋsẽ (a sã n wa bas a nifã la a tʋbrã) n na n paam bũmb nins a sẽn dat n maan n kɩt tɩ Kyauta lebg bõn-naandgã. A tõog n maan bõn-kãnga n zab ne a Kyauta, sẽn lebg so-yoopatã n kʋ a ba wã. La wakat bilf poore, a Abu meng n kʋ Kyauta, t'a sẽn paam tɩ b maan a sẽn datã poore.
A vouri
[tekre | teke sidgem]Yaa b sẽn dat n maan bũmb ning sẽn pa segd n maan-b to-to wã.[3]
Controversy
[tekre | teke sidgem]A sẽn gʋls-a wã, a Cyprian Ekwensi sẽn da wa n yaa a soabã, b sẽn da wa ne a sẽn da maand a Jikin Magayi wã, a sẽn gʋls yʋʋmd 1934 soabã pʋgẽ a Rupert East ne a John Tafida Umaru sẽn gʋls Hausa wã, la a ra zabda ne-a n boond-a t'a sẽn yet tɩ yaa a meng n togsdẽ bũmb ning sẽn yaa nin-kʋdemd sẽn togsd-a wã.[4][5]
Sebtiise
[tekre | teke sidgem]- ↑ Okobi, Elsie A. (2011-12-08). Ekwensi, Cyprian Odiatu Duaka. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1.
- ↑ https://guardian.ng/life/748052/
- ↑ http://adeboyefa.blogspot.com/201903an-african-nights-entertainment-by.html?m=1
- ↑ https://www.african-writing.com/hol/amanzeakpuda.htm
- ↑ http://saharareporters.com/2016/01/18/could-be-literary-fraud-dissecting-cyprian-ekwensi%E2%80%99s-african-night-entertainment-and-john