KYAUTAYIN BAHAUSHE A WA{O{IN BAKA
KYAUTAYIN BAHAUSHE A WA{O{IN BAKA
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2013-03
Authors
AYUBA, ABUBAKAR
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Abstract
This thesis examines several questions on aesthetic and morality as
well as utilitarianism in theory and practice using Hausa songs as the
corpus in which goodness and the general philosophy of life are
portrayed. It also analyzes primary and secondary data in the research
methodology and outlines the study’s aims, objectives, purpose,
justification, scope, significance, research methodology, and
theoretical framework. Moreover, the thesis appraises goodness from
the Islamic, Western, and Hausa perspectives and presents an
overview of Hausa oral songs, and definition of concepts. The thesis
also analyzes the meaning and consistency between beauty and
goodness as well as the classification of goodness.
Moreover, the thesis examines goodness in dispensing social and legal
justice, which comprises trust, equality, fairness, kindness, generosity
and kinship ties among the citizenry. Love and mutual assistance
create harmony in society, while egotism instigates violation of the
law and injustice. The thesis regards truth in Hausa thought as
consisting of trust and justice, while also yielding conformity. In
addition, a trustworthy person is loved by everyone due to his
esteemed morality nurtured by good name, environment and parental
upbringing. His kind responsibility towards humanity earns him
respect, and society considers him a father and a leader whose sound
advisors help him in distributing justice to mankind.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU
BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA – NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT
FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ARTS
DEGREE IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES
(HAUSA)
DEPARTMENT
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KYAUTAYIN, BAHAUSHE, WA{O{IN, BAKA