The Northern Nigerian Publishing Company Limited () is one of the oldest publishing company in
Northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures. In 1962 it acquired the territory of the United Kingd ...
base in
Zaria
Zaria is a metropolitan city in Nigeria which at the present time lies within four (4) local government areas in Kaduna state; it happens to be the capital city to the Zazzau Emirate Council, and one of the original seven Hausa city-states ...
.
History
The company is the second publishing company in Northern Nigeria after Northern Provinces Newsheet established in
Kano
Kano may refer to:
Places
*Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria
*Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State
**Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries
**Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...
that are publishing books in Ajami and
Hausa.
Publication
Most of its publication focused on Nigerian Books, especially Books that are related to
Hausa language
Hausa (; /; Ajami: ) is a Chadic language spoken by the Hausa people in the northern half of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern half of Niger, Chad and Sudan, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast.
Hausa is a member ...
, the Company has published books for well-known Hausa authors of Northern Nigeria, including
Magana Jari Ce
''Magana Jari Ce'' the meaning ''Speaking is profitable or it literally means Wisdom is an asset or "ability to tell stories is a valuable possession" as described by Rupert East, the book'' is a novel which is considered to be one of the greates ...
,
Ruwan Bagaja
Ruwan Bagaja literally meaning "Water of Cure" is a debut novel written in Hausa language by Dr Abubakar Imam at the age of 22 years, He presented the book during a literature bureau competition organised by Rupert East in the year 1933 in Za ...
by
Abubakar Imam
Abubakar Imam O.B.E C.O.N L.L.D (Hon.) N.N.M.C. (1911 - 1981) was a Nigerian writer, journalist and politician from Kagara, Niger in Nigeria. For most of his life, he lived in Zaria, where he was the first Hausa editor of Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo ...
, GanÉ—oki by
Muhammadu Bello Kagara
Muhammadu Bello Kagara (1890 - 1971) was an educator, a writer and a royalist. He wrote the famous book novel known as ''Gandoki'', the novel is a manuscript written during a literature bureau competition organized in 1933 by Rupert East. His b ...
, other Books include Shaihu Umar, Jiki Magayi . The company is the first Nigerian Publishing Company to produce a Hausa Book in the year 1934 called Ruwan Bagaja by Bello Kagara.
and the most populous Hausa story book Magana Jari ce.
See also
*
University Press plc
*
Abubakar Imam
Abubakar Imam O.B.E C.O.N L.L.D (Hon.) N.N.M.C. (1911 - 1981) was a Nigerian writer, journalist and politician from Kagara, Niger in Nigeria. For most of his life, he lived in Zaria, where he was the first Hausa editor of Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo ...
*
Muhammadu Bello Kagara
Muhammadu Bello Kagara (1890 - 1971) was an educator, a writer and a royalist. He wrote the famous book novel known as ''Gandoki'', the novel is a manuscript written during a literature bureau competition organized in 1933 by Rupert East. His b ...
*
Magana Jari Ce
''Magana Jari Ce'' the meaning ''Speaking is profitable or it literally means Wisdom is an asset or "ability to tell stories is a valuable possession" as described by Rupert East, the book'' is a novel which is considered to be one of the greates ...
*
Ruwan Bagaja
Ruwan Bagaja literally meaning "Water of Cure" is a debut novel written in Hausa language by Dr Abubakar Imam at the age of 22 years, He presented the book during a literature bureau competition organised by Rupert East in the year 1933 in Za ...
Bibliography
* Furniss, Graham (1996). Poetry, prose and popular culture in Hausa. International African Institute. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute. {{ISBN, 978-1-4744-6829-9
External links
* https://northern-nigerian-publishing-company-ltd.business.site/
References
Book publishing companies of Nigeria
Companies based in Kaduna State