This traditional folktale about a leopard and a lion takes a twist when the big cats begin to fight over lunch and an unexpected visitor arrives. Whose lunch will it be in the end?
Bilingual Legends #319 is presented in both English and the classic Ajami script of the Hausa language spoken in Niger and Nigeria.
Additional Credits:
Ajami script editor & transcriber: Mustapha Hashim Kurfi
Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Bayero University, Kano — Nigeria. He is an expert in Hausa Ajami and has written extensively in both Hausa Latin and Hausa Ajami. Some of his works include instructional materials on Hausa Ajami as well as professional aspects such as in health, politics, religion, social and so on.
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