1,050 research outputs found
The Diary of Musa Mai Almajirai
No full textDate created: unknown. The entire manuscript is available for download below as a single PDF file. Because of the large size of this manuscript, it is also available in three partial PDF files. In addition, each page is available as a separate, larger, JPG file. If higher-resolution JP2 files are needed (WARNING: files average 11-14MB in size), please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Mustapha Kurfi (PI, Hausa Ajami Scholar), Abdurra'uf Hashim (Research Assistant) and Bara'u Musa (Research Assistant). Technical Team: Vika Zafrin (Institutional Repository Librarian, Boston University Libraries), Dr. Fallou Ngom (Director, African Language Program), Dr. Peter Quella (Assistant Director, African Studies Center), and Zachary Gersten (Coordinator, African Language Program). This collection of Hausa Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center's African Ajami Library. This project is funded by the Boston University African Studies Center. We thank Prof. Tim Longman, Director of the African Studies Center, and the entire African Studies Team for their support. Access Condition and Copyright: The materials are subject to copyright. Access is for research and educational purposes only. Materials are not to be reproduced without written permission. Citation: Kurfi, Mustapha and Ngom, Fallou. 2015. African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Hausa Ajami Manuscripts of Nigeria. Boston: Boston University Library: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/11726 For Inquires: Please, contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).The material, entitled Kundin Malam Musa Mai Almajirai (The Diary of Malam Musa Mai Almajirai), is a collection of Hausa Ajami Islamic medicine manuscripts that belongs to the family of Malam Musa Mai Almajirai (born in 1932). Many of the materials are khatims (magical squares) that serve to identify client's ailments and appropriate treatments. These cover many aspects of the human endeavor, ranging from love and relationships, winning court cases, healing unidentified ailments, treatments for body pains and aches, and recipes for braveness and popularity. Certain materials in this collection are hard to comprehend, except by the authors and trained practitioners, as many of the recipes are deliberately not included. This omission is similar to modern day password, thus, a built-in security measure that denies unauthorized access. The collection contains 201 pages in total
Community-based adaptation to flood: a systematic literature review / Musa Mustapha Danraka, Sapura Mohamad and Siti Nur Hannah Ismail
No full textCommunities have developed established knowledge and techniques to foresee, diminish the impacts of, react to, and restore from floods and comparable risks due to their intimate connections to their ecological environment. These are generally recognized as Community-based Adaptation (CBA) responses collectively. The motivation behind embarking on this systematic review stems from the fact that scholars and policymakers come across conflicting information in this field, making it challenging to handle. This review aims to comprehend the present state of knowledge on CBA to flood. The practices encompassing community-based approaches to flood management, the historical examination of these practices, and the current understanding of their alignment with flood adaptation have all been delineated via a comprehensive analysis of relevant scholarly works. This thorough investigation yielded a corpus of 25 articles written exclusively in the English language, which were subjected to both qualitative and quantitative scrutiny. The study discovered a wide range of community mobilisation strategies, with the majority of research on these focused on developed nations, ranging from early warning systems and hazard forecasts to livelihood-based adaptation. This systematic review assists in identifying new and significant study fields, the evolution of publications through time, patterns of author collaboration, and future research directions. The study identified the author with the most publications and citations, the journal with the most publications, and the most common words from the content analysis. This study provides a general overview of the topic for academics interested in CBA solutions and paves the path for additional study in this area. Thus, government programmes for general recovery following a flood can be put into action more swiftly
Manẓūm ibn ʿĀshur (Ibn ʿĀshur's Poems)
No full textThe entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Mohammed Bara’u Musa & Hauwa Usman (Local Project Managers), Adamu Mohammed, Abacha Kachalla, Abdrra’uf Abdullahi & Falmaa Madu Ibrahim (General Field Facilitators), and Haladu Mamman (Photographer). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Director African Studies Center), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These Collections of Fulfulde & Kanuri Ajami materials are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library.
Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).
Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Kurfi, Mustapha Hashim, Ngom, Fallou, and Castro, Eleni (2019). African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Fulfulde & Kanuri Ajami Materials of Northeastern Nigeria. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/38242. For Inquiries: Please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Provenance / Custodial history: The owner is Bukar Mustapha. Born in the town of Yusufari in Yobe State (formerly Borno State) in northeastern Nigeria. The owner has an advanced Islamic education and serves as an Imām and Islamic cleric in Yusufari. His father, Goni Mustapha, was a renowned Islamic scholar, and Bukar's mentor. The owner does not recall the length of time the book has been with him, but he is certain that it has been with him no less than 15 years.This manuscript is a collection of Ibn ʿĀshur's poems in Arabic with extensive explicatory glosses in Kanuri Ajami. The Arabic text is written in a regular poetic style. This text is one of the famous works on Islamic jurisprudence, especially in the Mālikī School. Considered by most as an intermediate mid-level work on classical Islamic education in Nigeria, the text is a collection of poems addressing rulings on various forms of Islamic rituals. The text includes an introduction to the work, details on the kinds of ritual purifications necessary before engaging in spiritual rituals, ablution, required prayers, fasting, alms giving, and pilgrimage. Similar texts with glosses in Kanuri, Hausa, Fulfulde, and Tamashek exist. The text has no publication date. It is numbered. It is a complete unbound copy and is in good condition.The contents of this collection were developed with support of the Title VI National Resource Center grant # P015A180164 from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government
Matnu al-Qurtabī fī al-ʿIbāda (Imām Qurtabī’s Islamic Rituals)
No full textThe entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Mohammed Bara’u Musa & Hauwa Usman (Local Project Managers), Adamu Mohammed, Abacha Kachalla, Abdrra’uf Abdullahi & Falmaa Madu Ibrahim (General Field Facilitators), and Haladu Mamman (Photographer). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Director African Studies Center), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These Collections of Fulfulde & Kanuri Ajami materials are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library.
Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).
Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Kurfi, Mustapha Hashim, Ngom, Fallou, and Castro, Eleni (2019). African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Fulfulde & Kanuri Ajami Materials of Northeastern Nigeria. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/38242. For Inquiries: Please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Provenance / Custodial history: This manuscript is owned by Bukar Mustapha, who was born in Yusufari, a town in Yobe State (formerly Borno State) in northeastern Nigeria. Bukar has an advanced Islamic education, and serves as Imām and cleric. His father, Goni Mustapha, was a renowned Islamic scholar and Bukar’s mentor. The manuscript owner does not remember exactly how long he has owned the manuscript, but believes that it has been with him for about 15 years.This manuscript is a collection of Imām Qurtabī’s poems on Islamic rituals. It contains the original Arabic version with extensive glosses in Kanuri Ajami. The poems deal with means of purifying the body and ritual prayers. Details on the key requirements principles of ritual purification and prayers are provided in addition to how to avoid mistakes in ritual prayers and on how to correct them when they occur. This manuscript has 23 pages and is a complete unbound copy. Though, not dated, it has page numbers. It is handwritten in traditional ink and has no physical damage or stains. It represents a typical market edition manuscript. The glosses in Kanuri Ajami are easy to read.The contents of this collection were developed with support of the Title VI National Resource Center grant # P015A180164 from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government
Manẓūm al-Awjalī (An Apparatus of al-Aujaly)
No full textThe entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Mohammed Bara’u Musa & Hauwa Usman (Local Project Managers), Adamu Mohammed, Abacha Kachalla, Abdrra’uf Abdullahi & Falmaa Madu Ibrahim (General Field Facilitators), and Haladu Mamman (Photographer). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Director African Studies Center), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These Collections of Fulfulde & Kanuri Ajami materials are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library.
Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).
Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Kurfi, Mustapha Hashim, Ngom, Fallou, and Castro, Eleni (2019). African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Fulfulde & Kanuri Ajami Materials of Northeastern Nigeria. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/38242. For Inquiries: Please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Provenance / Custodial history: This manuscript is owned by Alhaji Bashir who was born and raised in Damask in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. He is a graduate of the University of Maiduguri, and has a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics. He said that his interest in Kanuri Ajami, coupled with his background (being Kanuri himself and a linguist), motivate him to develop a collection of Kanuri Ajami texts. Alhaji Bashir has extensive Islamic knowledge and currently works for the Borno State government.This manuscript is a very short work in Arabic with extensive explicatory glosses in Kanuri Ajami. It has two parts. The first is Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ’s work dealing with tawḥīd (oneness of God), the five pillars of Islam, the attributes of Allāh, the articles of faith, and elaborated notes on the characteristics of the Almighty God. The second part of the work deals with anger, anxiety, and depression. It provides words of wisdom on how to manage, control and eradicate these conditions. Both parts (tawḥīd and anger management) are written as poems. It is unclear whether the author of the first part is the same as author of the second part. The manuscript reflects the long history of Islamic scholarship in Kanem-Borno. The manuscript is unbound, complete, easy to read, and has no damaged pages. The total number of pages is only 11.The contents of this collection were developed with support of the Title VI National Resource Center grant # P015A180164 from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government
A new bathtub and increasing failure rate model: An extension of the Mustapha type II distribution
No full textThis article introduces a new three-parameter lifetime model with an increasing and bathtub failure rate functions as an extension of the Mustapha type II distribution (MuII). The model can be very useful in statistical studies, reliability, computer sciences and engineering. Various mathematical and statistical properties of the distribution are discussed, such as moments, mean deviations, Bonferroni and Lorenz curves, entropy, order statistic, and extreme value distributions. Moreover, we consider the bivariate extension of the new model. Statistical inferences by the maximum likelihood method are discussed and assess by simulation studies. Applications of the proposed model to two right-skewed data are presented for illustration. The new model provides a better fit than some other existing distribution as measured by some model selection criteria and goodness of fits statistics
UMPSA terpilih sebagai finalis Anugerah Khas YB Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi (AKRI) 2025
No full textGAMBANG, 22 Ogos 2025 - Inovasi pengajaran Kalkulator Celik Kos (KCK) yang dibangunkan oleh Dr. Mohamad Reeduan Mustapha bersama ahli kumpulan, Dr. Norwazli Abdul Wahab dan Dr. Rusnifaezah Musa, pensyarah Fakulti Pengurusan Industri (FPI), Universiti Malaysoa Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) telah terpilih sebagai Finalis Anugerah Khas YB Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi: Reka Bentuk Kurikulum dan Penyampaian Inovatif (AKRI) 2025.
Pasukan di bawah pimpinan Dr. Mohamad Reeduan bersama ahli-ahli kumpulannya akan membawa inovasi ini ke sesi pitching akhir yang bakal berlangsung pada 3 September 2025 di The Everly Putrajaya
ʿAqīda al-Awwam (Creed of the Commons)
No full textThe entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Mohammed Bara’u Musa & Hauwa Usman (Local Project Managers), Adamu Mohammed, Abacha Kachalla, Abdrra’uf Abdullahi & Falmaa Madu Ibrahim (General Field Facilitators), and Haladu Mamman (Photographer). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Director African Studies Center), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These Collections of Fulfulde & Kanuri Ajami materials are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library.
Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).
Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Kurfi, Mustapha Hashim, Ngom, Fallou, and Castro, Eleni (2019). African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Fulfulde & Kanuri Ajami Materials of Northeastern Nigeria. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/38242. For Inquiries: Please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Provenance / Custodial history: This manuscript is owned by Alhaji Bashir who was born and bred in Damask in Borno State. The manuscript owner is a graduate of University of Maiduguri, and has a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics. He said that his interest in Kanuri Ajami is what motivates him to develop a collection of Kanuri Ajami texts. He works for the Borno State government, and maintains his interest in Ajami, especially Kanuri. Alhaji Bashir has extensive Islamic knowledge.This is a small ten-page manuscript in Arabic and Kanuri Ajami titled “ʿAqidā al-Awwam” written in a poetic style. It is a typical classic Islamic jurisprudence instructional document written from the Mālikī school perspective. As with many similar documents, the manuscript begins with praising Allāh followed by a tribute to Prophet Muḥammad, and then delves into the subject matter: a detailed description of Allāh’s characteristics. The manuscript also talks about the many messengers of God, dwelling on the last and final one (Prophet Muḥammad). As part of the discussion on Prophet Muḥammad, the writer also talks about his companions, celebrating them. Kanuri Ajami is used in the glosses. The first date of publication is given (2012CE/1433 AH). The manuscript is unbound and has page numbers.The contents of this collection were developed with support of the Title VI National Resource Center grant # P015A180164 from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government
Shurūt al-Ṣalat (Rules of Required Ritual Prayers)
No full textThe entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Mohammed Bara’u Musa & Hauwa Usman (Local Project Managers), Adamu Mohammed, Abacha Kachalla, Abdrra’uf Abdullahi & Falmaa Madu Ibrahim (General Field Facilitators), and Haladu Mamman (Photographer). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Director African Studies Center), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These Collections of Fulfulde & Kanuri Ajami materials are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library.
Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).
Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Kurfi, Mustapha Hashim, Ngom, Fallou, and Castro, Eleni (2019). African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Fulfulde & Kanuri Ajami Materials of Northeastern Nigeria. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/38242. For Inquiries: Please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Provenance / Custodial history: This manuscript is owned by Alhaji Bashir who was born and raised in Damask in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. He is a graduate of the University of Maiduguri, and has a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics. He said that his interest in Kanuri Ajami, coupled with his background (being Kanuri himself and a linguist), has motivated him to develop a collection of Kanuri Ajami texts. Alhaji Bashir has extensive Islamic knowledge and currently works for the Borno State government.This manuscript is an unbound copy of Shurūt al-Ṣalāt (Arabic: Rules of Required Ritual Prayers), with extensive glosses in Kanuri Ajami. As the title suggests, it deals with one of the most important rituals in Islam—al-Ṣalāt (the five required daily prayers) as well as purification of the body and ablution. Written from a Malikī school perspective, the work discusses the conditions and requirements al-Ṣalāt. After a one-sentence introduction, like many foundational instructional materials on Islamic rituals, the main text in Arabic is in a larger font, while the Kanuri Ajami glosses are in a smaller font. The text has both marginal and interlinear glosses. It is a popular work on Islamic jurisprudence in northern Nigeria. It is 14 pages long and is not dated. The pages are numbered.The contents of this collection were developed with support of the Title VI National Resource Center grant # P015A180164 from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government
Man up: stories of Parvez and Muna
No full textA collection of linked comic short stories about a young Muslim couple, tracing their relationship from their traditional courtship to the early parenthood.M.F.A.by Musa Syee
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