Ruwan Bagaja by Abubakar Imam

"Ruwan Bagaja" (Hausa pronunciation: literally meaning "Water of Cure") is a debut novel written in the Hausa language by Dr. Abubakar Imam when he was 22 years old. He presented the book during a literature bureau competition organized by Rupert East in 1933 in Zaria and won second prize, establishing himself as an author to contend with. Following the acclaim of "Ruwan Bagaja," he went on to publish nearly 20 other Hausa books, including the celebrated three-volume collection of stories "Magana Jari Ce."