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MR. J. A. ROBINSON, the brother of the author of the book before us, died at Lokoja on the Niger in 1891, while engaged in the study of the Hausa language, and in his memory the Hausa Association was formed in the same year with a view to carry on the work. Mr. C. H. Robinson was selected by the Association as their first “Hausa Student,” and he left England at the end of April 1893, to make acquaintance with the language, and also to learn Arabic. Instead of proceeding directly to the land of the Hausas, the climate of which at the best is very trying for Europeans, he went successively to Tripoli and Tunis, where he had opportunities of conversing with many of the Hausa pilgrims on their way from the interior of the Sudan to Mecca, and with any number of Hausa slaves.
Hausaland, or Fifteen Hundred Miles through the Central Soudan.
By Charles Henry Robinson Pp. 304. Map and illustrations. (London: Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., 1896.)
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Hausaland, or Fifteen Hundred Miles through the Central Soudan. Nature 54, 364 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054364a0
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