Ga bayanin babban fitaccen littafin nan mai darajar tarihi da gado a adabin Hausa, wato "Shaihu Umar" wanda tsohon Firayim Ministan Najeriya, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, ya rubuta a shekarar 1933. An tsara wannan bayani domin shafin littattafai na gidan yanar gizonku (website):

Bayanin Littafin "Shaihu Umar"

Marubuci: Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

Shekarar Wallafa: 1933

Mawallafi: Northern Nigerian Publishing Company (NNPC), Zaria

Rukuni: Kagaggun Labarai / Labarin Tarihin Rayuwa (Classic Hausa Novel / Historical Fiction)

Harshe: Hausa (An fassara shi zuwa Turanci da sauran yaruka daban-daban)

Takaitaccen Bayani (Synopsis)

Littafin "Shaihu Umar" shi ne daya daga cikin shahararrun littattafan da suka kafa harsashin adabin Hausa na zamani. Labari ne mai ratsa zuciya da ya ginu a kan fadi-tashin rayuwa, hakuri, da kuma canjin kaddara.

Labarin ya fara ne a wata makarantar allo inda dalibai ke tambayar babban malaminsu mai dimbin ilimi da sanannun halaye na gari, wato Shaihu Umar, game da asalin rayuwarsa. Daga nan ne Shaihu Umar ya kwashe masu karatu zuwa ga wani dogon labari na baya-bayan nan game da yarintarsa:

• Sace Shi da Yin Garkuwa: Yana karami, aka raba shi da mahaifiyarsa aka sace shi domin sayar da shi a matsayin bawa saboda rigingimun masarautu da tsarin bauta na wancan lokacin.

• Tafiye-Tafiyen Tsananin Rayuwa: Labarin ya bi diddigin yaddda aka yi ta sayar da shi daga wannan hannu zuwa wancan, har ya ketare hamada zuwa kasar Masar (Egypt).

• Soyayyar Uwa: A daya bangaren kuma, littafin ya nuna irin gagarumin kokari da sadaukarwa na mahaifiyarsa, wadda ta shiga daji da hamada tana neman danta tilo, har kaddara ta riske ta.

Duk da irin tsanani da wahalhalun da ya fuskanta, Umar bai taba bari zuciyarsa ta baci ba. Ya mayar da hankali ga neman ilimi, addini, da kyautata wa mutane, har Allah ya daukaka shi ya zama babban malami mai daraja da ake fada a ji.

Jigogi da Darussan Littafin

• Hakuri da Amfani da Kaddara: Shi ne babban jigon labarin, inda yake nuna cewa juriya da mika al'amura ga Allah na kai mutum ga babban rabo.

• Darajar Mahaifiya: Littafin ya bayyana matsayi da zafin kaunar uwa ga danta cikin salo mai ban tausayi.

• Dubi cikin Tarihi: Yana ba da babban hoto na yadda tsarin rayuwa, fataucin bayi, da harkar ilimi suke a kasar Hausa da sauran sassan Afirka kafin zuwan turawa.

Wannan littafi babban gado ne da ya zama dole kowane dandalin adabi na Hausa ya mallake shi. An taba canza shi zuwa wasan kwaikwayo na dandamali har ma da fim, wanda hakan ke nuna irin karbuwarsa ta har abada.

Wannan tsarin zai zauna da daraja a dandalinku, kuma zai taimaka wa masu binciken manyan littattafan tarihi na kasar Hausa.