Charles Henry Robinson (1861-1925) was a Cambridge scholar who,
during the 1890s, published several books on the language,
literature and culture of the Hausa people. Hausa is an African
language originating in Niger and northern Nigeria and spoken
widely in West and Central Africa as a lingua franca. Published in
1897, Robinson's Grammar was written to serve the needs of
missionaries, colonial staff and army officers who wished to
communicate with the local people, but made no claim to be
definitive or comprehensive. Until the twentieth century Hausa was
written in an Arabic script, examples of which are given, while the
exercise sections of the grammar are transliterated for students
unfamiliar with Arabic. The vocabulary, mainly relating to
agriculture, trade and domestic life, was chosen to suit the
practical needs of Robinson's intended audience, and reveals much
about colonial life in West Africa as well as providing linguistic
information.
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