Prepare across all three parts of Hausa: Harshe, Al’adu and Adabi. Use the PDF for the current set texts and the table below as your complete topic map.

Download the official JAMB Hausa syllabus PDF

Table of Contents

Complete JAMB Hausa topics

Section	Every official topic
1. Harshe (Language)	Ka’idojin Rubutu: alphabetisation, spelling, word joining/separation, punctuation and paragraphs. Auna Fahimta: unseen comprehension passages. Tsarin Rubutun Insha’i: argumentative, descriptive, dialogue, expository, narrative and letters. Fassara: types, rules, problems and techniques. Tsarin Sauti: consonants, vowels, tone, syllables, vowel length and phonological processes. Kirar Kalma: roots, stems, affixes, inflection and derivation. Ginin Jumla: word classes, tense/aspect, mood, gender, number, phrases, sentence types and clauses. Ma’ana: ambiguity, synonyms, antonyms, idioms, proverbs and specialised meaning.
2. Al’adu (Culture)	Rayuwar Hausawa: birth, marriage, death and modern influence. Zamantakewa: family, neighbourhood, communal work, friendship, greetings and hospitality. Sana’o’in Gargajiya: traditional occupations, tools, products, titles and change. Kayayyakin Bukatun Rayuwa: household items, buildings, food and material culture. Bukukuwa da Wasanni: religious, traditional, occupational, recreational and children’s activities. Camfe-camfe da Bauta: traditional beliefs, worship and modern influence. Sarautun Gargajiya: offices, hierarchy, duties and change. Magungunan Gargajiya: types, use, measurement, prevention and healing.
3. Adabin Baka (Oral Literature)	Zuben Baka: tatsuniya, almara, hikaya, kissa and tarihi. Maganganun Azanci: take, kirari, habaici, zambo, karin magana, kacici-kacici and figures. Wakokin Baka: court, communal, occupational, children’s and other songs; theme, style, performer and instruments. Wasannin Kwaikwayo na Gargajiya: children’s and adults’ traditional drama, performance and importance.
4. Rubutaccen Adabi (Written Literature)	Zube: the current prescribed prose text, structure, plot, characters, theme, style and message. Waka: current prescribed poems, form, theme, diction, style and message. Wasan Kwaikwayo: current prescribed drama, setting, characters, structure, theme and social meaning. Check the PDF’s 2026-2030 set-text list before buying books.

Build accurate written Hausa

Practise standard spelling, punctuation and word boundaries. Copy a short correct passage, then write it from dictation and compare. For composition, plan your points and use vocabulary that fits the chosen form. A letter, narrative and argument should not have the same structure.

Study grammar through examples

Make sound charts for consonants and vowels, mark tone and syllable patterns, and practise phonological processes in real words. Break words into roots and affixes. Analyse sentences for word class, phrase, tense/aspect, gender, number and clause function.

Prepare culture with continuity and change

For each cultural topic, record traditional practice, purpose, participants and modern influence. Avoid assuming every practice is uniform across all Hausa communities. Compare older and current forms and explain what has changed, remained or declined.

Read oral literature as performance

Identify performer, audience, occasion, language, rhythm and social purpose. Learn the differences among tatsuniya, almara, hikaya and tarihi, and among praise, proverb, riddle, innuendo and insult forms. For songs and drama, include instruments, movement and participation.

Study the prescribed texts directly

Read each current set text in the PDF. Keep chapter or scene summaries, character maps, themes, style examples and difficult vocabulary. For poetry, read aloud and explain how sound and figurative language support the message.

Eight-week plan

Orthography, comprehension and vocabulary.
Composition and translation.
Phonology and morphology.
Syntax and semantics.
Life-cycle customs, social institutions and occupations.
Material culture, festivals, authority and medicine.
Oral and written literature/set texts.
Timed mixed questions and corrections.

Use the recommended grammar, culture and literature texts in the official PDF and read quality Hausa regularly. Return to the complete JAMB syllabus library.