UMD NFLC Hausa Lessons/30 Vice Presidential Candidate

Overview

CONTENT SOURCE: VOA Hausa broadcaster (2007 January 11). Vice Presidental Candidate. Washington, D.C.: Voice of America, Hausa Service.
Objective: Demonstrate your core comprehension.
Content description: This is an interview with Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim Baba, a vice-presidential candidate, about her positions and political program.
Lesson Title: Vice Presidential Candidate - This is an interview with Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim Baba, a vice-presidential candidate, about her positions and political program.
Language: Hausa
Topic: Culture/Society
ILR Level: 2+/3
ACTFL Proficiency: Superior, Advanced-High
This ACTFL rating is an approximation based on the ILR level
Modality: Listening
Learning Objective: Maintenance & Improvement
Subject Area: Language
Material Type: LO
Publication Year: 2007
ObjectID: HAUS_12017

Transcript

Original	Translation
Vice Presidental Candidate [Brief sound clip of traditional Hausa music, fading out soon after speaker A begins] A: To, kina ai gane ta wace hanya za ki iyi taimakawa domin ci gaban al’umma, idan Allah ya ba wannan jami’ayya nasara? Kasancewa ke fa ba ke ce za ki zama shugaban Ƙasa ba, akwai wata rawa da za ki iyi takawa a matsayin mataimakiyar shugaban Ƙasa, har ya kai ga samun ci gaban al’umma, musamman ma mata da suke ganin ana take haƘƘinsu? B: Hajiya, in sha Allahu. In dai har Allah Ubangaji ya bamu nasara, muka kafa gwamnati. { Bi’izinillahi ta’ala [Arabic] } . za mu zauna, za mu duba al’amuran da ke kasa. Ba za mu ce wai mu za mu wuce gaban maza ba, ba zai taɓa yiwuwa ba. mu ce [inaud.] ba. Shi a cikin addini na {Islam [English]}, namiji yana ma mace jagora ne. Za mu taimaka wa juna. Akwai wurare da yawa da mata za su iya yin amfani. Kin ga yanzu , Hajiya, akwai wasu Ƙasashen duniya – A: Mmm … B: -- zaki ga mata, suna { participating [English] }, suna yin ma’amalla wajen harkan {cottage industries [English]}. Matayenmu suna noma. Matayenmu suna aikin asibiti. Matayenmu suna yin abubuwa da yawa, amma ba sa samun goyon baya saboda ba su da {economical power [English]}. Ba su da kuɗi. A: Mmm … B: Rashin kuɗin nan ne yake dunƘusar da su .To amma cikin ikon Allah, idan har Allah yasa muka kai ga nasara. To, mata a Nijeriya, za su share hawayensu su daina kuka. Saboda me? Saboda za’a tsaya tsayin daka, amara masu baya, a taimaka mu su, daidai gwargwadon matsayinsu, inda addinin guda biyu, {Islam [English]} da {Christianity [English]}, ya … ya yanke masu iyaka. A: To, to Hajiya, akwai waɗansu da suke ganin matan da suke shiga harkokin siyasa dumu-dumu, ba natsatstsun mata ba ne. Me za ki ce game da haka? B: Yawanci da siyasa anai mata kallo abu ne mai Ƙazanta. Saboda haka ko a maza ma sai ɗan iska, mara kunya, fitsararre , shi ne zai shiga siyasa. Abun da ya sa ɗauka ke nan da. To, amma yanzu, malamai na kiristoci da malaman {islam [English] } suna ta tafsiri suna ta wa’azi, suna gaggaya wa mutane cewa bayanda za’a yi ka bambanta addini da siyasa. Tare suke tafe, Saboda haka, nan nan yanzu ya sa mutanen kirki sun tashi daga barci. Yaya za mu ci gaba da miƘa al’amurammu, ga mutanen da mutanen banza ne ba mutanen kirki ba. To, yanzu an samu canji. Canjin nan da akan samu, shine mutanen kirki za su tashi su fito. Su fito, mu miƘa masu ragamar mulkin kasar a hannunsu. Yanda za su je, idan da tsoran Allah da imani a zucci, kuma kasan cewa zaka koma ga mahaliccinka . Kuma za ka je ka tsaya gaban Ubangiji, zai tambaye ka yaya kai kaza yaya kai kaza. To, in kana da tsoron Allah, ka na da imani a zuciyanka, zaka kamanta gaskiya. Kuma zaka taimaka wa jama’a. Saboda haka, yanzu lokaci ya yi da mutanen kirki za su fito, kuma sun fara fitowa. Alhamdulillahi! A: To, kina gani menene jam’iyyarki za ta yi na dabam da jam’iyyar PDP ba ta yi ba, da kike ganin idan Allah ya ba ku nasara, za ku yi wani abin da zai kawo canji ga ‘yan Nijeriya kai tsaye? B: Yawwa, alhamdulillahi! Hajiya, a rayuwa, kowane mahaluƘi. Akwai wani abin da yake buƘata, daga saƘiri, ci da safe daga barci, akwai abin da yake bukata, ruwa. A Nijeriya, Hajiya, talaka yana cikin masifa. Ruwa, baƘin ruwa wannan kyautar Allah, ya gagari jama’a. Ba ruwa. Ruwan nan ida aka kula da shi, zai taimaka wurin rage, wa’ansu a…, idam mutum ya yi amfani da gurɓattaccen ruwa, kin gani? Ai, zai yi rashin lafiya, ko yayi { Cholera [English] } ko ya samu wani ciwo da..a..da yake dangane da ruwa marar kyau.To, kin gani ai zai je asibiti. Asibiti ina magani? Saboda haka, idan za mu ba jama’a ruwan sha mai kyau, wanda za su yi amfani da shi na yau da kullum, sannan bayan ruwa, sai kuma azo ai maganar, mutum ya samu abin yi, yanda zai iya riƘe kansa. Hajiya, ba zai yiwu ba, a ce duk ɗan Nijeriya zai yi aikin gwamnati ba. Ba zai yiwu ba. A: Mmm … B: A fannoni dabam-dabam-dabam-dabam-dabam da za’a tattaɓa, duka za mu zama … {professors [English]} masu Ph.D ? ba zai yiwu ba. –(((()))) B: -- … ya zama, an ba shi {training [English] }, an koya masa wani fasaha wanda in ya gama { Primary [English] zai rike kansa ya ci gaba har yagama rayuwarsa. Wani yana gama { Secondary [ English] } Shi kuma zai ɗauke wani ɓanganare ya tafi…. Ko in zai tafi, ya tafi yai {university [English]}. Saboda haka, kin gani, kashi-kashi-kashi, za’a tafiyar da al’amuran. Sannan, bayan nan, ko wane ɗan Nijeriya ‘yancinsa ne ya samu abun yi.Na ukkun su ‘shine ya samu matsugunni. Mu bamu yarda ace mutum ɗaya na da gida hamsin, jama’a bayin Allah, bil adadi basu da inda suke kyana.in ma gidan haya aka basu za kiga… mutum talatin a gida ɗaya., ban ɗaki daya. Da safe a tashi ana layi, ana bayan gida a leda. Na ukku shine matsugunni, mutum ya fita da safe yaje ya nemo abinci,ya yi wahalar ya dawo gida da dare ya na da in…sai zaman lafiya {Security [English]}, ya kasance mutum zai kwana gidansa kofarsa ma a buɗe.Me zai sa haka,saboda ya sami abin yi, mutanen suna da abin yi sun kasance su yi sata? To, baka da abin yi da daddare basai kazo kayi fashi ba ? To yanzu an samu gwamnati da zai baka abin yi, zancen sata ai ta kau.Ka kwanta kayi barci da safe ka tafi sana’arka, kofarka ma sai kabar ta a buɗe. Bayan wannan, sai azo da maganar kula da lafiya.In baka da lafiya,kaje makaranta, ai baza ka iya karatu ba. Ka yi karatu … kana ciwo. To, bayan an yi wannan am ba mutum lafiya, to sannan sai a ce, bari a zo a koya musu karatu. A lokacin in ka karantar da mutum to zai fahimta ya dauka har yayi amfani da shi. A: To, Allah ya zabar wa talakkawan Nijeria shugabannin da za su yi alƘawali su kuma cika, domin inganta rayuwar iyali da ci gaban al’umma. Shirin namu ke nan, yau sai kuma mako na gaba idan mai duka ya kai mu, mu sake dawowa da wani sabon shirin. Yanzu a madadin baƘuwar tamu Hajiya Mayam Ibrahim Baba, ‘yar takara a matsayin mataimakiyar Oji Kalu mai neman shuganbancin Nijeriya ƘarƘashin tushen jam’iyyar PPE. [Brief sound clip of traditional Hausa music, fading in over speaker A’s conclusion] Da kuma Juli Greysham da ta taimaka wajen haɗa shirin, Grace Alheri Abdu ke yi mana fatan alheri. Salamu alaikum.	Vice Presidential Candidate [Brief sound clip of traditional Hausa music, fading out soon after speaker A begins] A: So, do you understand by which route you would help to develop the community, if God grants victory to this party? Being that it’s not you who would become the President, what role would you play in the position of Vice-President toward achieving community development, especially for women who are seeing their rights being trampled? B: Hajiya, may God be willing. If indeed the Lord God grants us victory, we will establish a government. “Bi’izinillahi ta’ala [Arabic],” we will sit down and examine matters in the country. We won’t say that we’re going to pass ahead of men; it wouldn’t be possible. We say [inaudible]. The man, in the religion of Islam, is the one who guides the woman. We will help each other. There are many places where women could be helpful. Nowadays, Hajiya, you see some countries in the world -- A: Mmm … B: -- where you will see women participating in the business affairs of cottage industries. Our women do farming. Our women do hospital work. Our women do all sorts of things, but they don’t get support because they don’t have economic power. They don’t have money. A: Mmm … B: It is this lack of money that brings them to their knees. But we are in God’s power, when God permits us to arrive at victory. Then women in Nigeria will wipe away their tears and stop crying. Why? Because we will stand firm to support their progress and help them, in exact proportion to their position, where both religions, Islam and Christianity, determine their potential. A: Alright then, Hajiya, there are some who see women going into the messy affairs of politics and say, it’s not appropriate for women. What would you say about this? B: Most people make politics out to be something dirty to look at. Because of this, even among men, only those who are seen as fools, those who are shamelessly disgraced, participate in politics. In the past, it’s the very reason he undertook it. But now, teachers of Christianity and teachers of Islam have been providing a lot of commentary and discourse, telling people that there’s no way to differentiate religion and politics. They go together. Because of this, it now happens that good people are arising from their slumber. How will we forge ahead to address our matters when there are so many useless people around, and no good people? But now things have changed. This change that’s occurring is good people who would stand up and make themselves known. As they emerge, we extend the country’s reins of power into their hands. They go about things with the fear of God and compassion in their heart, and you know that you will return to your Creator. You will go and stand before the Lord, and he will ask you how you did such-and-such. Well, if you have the fear of God, if you have compassion in your heart, then you will speak the truth. And you will help the public. Because of this, now is the time that good people will emerge, and they have begun to emerge. Praise be to God! A: Do you know what your party will do differently from the PDP [People’s Democratic Party], and do you know, if God grants you victory, what you will do to bring changes to Nigerians? B: Indeed, praise be to God! Hajiya, in life, each of us is a creature of God. There is something that everyone needs, from dawn to night, there is something that everyone needs: water. In Nigeria, Hajiya, the common man is in crisis. Water, clean water that is a gift from God, is beyond the public’s reach. There’s no water. If you take notice of this water, it will help a backwards place, some in … if a man uses murky water, you see? He will become ill, whether from either cholera or some other disease that … ah … that is related to dirty water. So then he would go to the hospital. But where is the medicine at the hospital? Because of this, if we were to provide the public with clean drinking water, then beyond water, one would come and give a talk, and the man would find something to do to support himself. Hajiya, it’s not possible to say that every Nigerian could have a government job. It’s not possible. A: Mmm … B: Of all the many different topics one could touch on, would all of us become … professors with Ph.D.s? It wouldn’t be possible. –(((()))) B: -- … he comes, and receives training. He learns a skill by which, when he finishes Primary, he would support himself to get ahead until the end of his days. Another is in Secondary, and he too would advance and go on … Wherever he goes, he would attend university. Because of this, you see, little by little, we would manage our affairs. Then, after this, every Nigerian would be free to find something to do. The third thing is finding somewhere to live. We don’t agree that one man should own fifty houses when innumerable souls have nowhere to sleep. If they are placed in a boarding house, you will see … thirty people in one place, with no room to spare. Each morning they arise and form a line, using bags for a toilet. Number three is finding somewhere to live; a person goes out in the morning to look for food, he has trouble and returns home at night, he has … only good health and security, and lives as one who rests at his house with his door open. What would bring this about: because he finds something to do, when people have something to do, do they become thieves? Do you have nothing to do late at night but to come and rob people? Well, we now have a government that will give you something to do, and the issue of theft has gone away. You turn in at night and go to sleep; in the morning you go to your job, and can even leave your door open. After this, we should come to speak about looking after one’s health. If you’re not feeling well when you go to school, you won’t be able to read. You read … and you get sick. So after we do this to make people healthy, then let’s come and teach them to read. Then if you teach someone he will understand and take it up until he can benefit from it. A: So, may God provide to the Nigerian people leaders who will fulfill their promises to strengthen family life and community development. That is our program for today; next week, when the Almighty brings us together again, we will return with a new program. For now, we thank our guest, Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim Baba, candidate for the position of Vice-President with Orji Kalu, who is seeking the presidency of Nigeria under the PDP banner. [Brief sound clip of traditional Hausa music, fading in over speaker A’s conclusion] And to Julie Gresham who helped arrange this program, this is Grace Alheri Abdu, wishing all of us the best. Peace be with you.

Glossary

Hausa	Hausa Meaning	English Meaning
Taka rawa	Bin wata hanya ko wasu hanyoyi don a cika buri. Yayin da ake tahiyar da abubuwa domin a kai inda ake hange.	Means used to get to one's objective
Al'amuran da ke ƙasa	Halin da ake cikin.	The situation at hand
Taka hakki	A zalumci mutun. A ƙi kulawa da bukatun mutun da gangan.	To step on someone's rights
Namiji yana ma mace jagora ne.	Namiji ne yana sa mace a hanya bisa ga yadda addini ya ƙayyada.	The role of a man is to guide a woman, according to religion
Mata za su share hawayensu su daina kuka.	Mata za su samu biyan bukata, kuma su yi murna.	Women will be taken care of and live a happier life
A tsaya tsayin daka.	A yi abu da gaskiya.	To be firm or strict
A mara masu baya.	A goya masu baya. Cikin wannan mahalli a nufin a kula da harakokin da suka shafi mata. mata	To back or support; to support women in this context
Yanke iyaka.	Ƙayyade karhi ko ikon wani mutun ko abu.	To draw a limit
Ba natsatsun mata ba ne.	Ba mata da suka kula da kansu ba ne. Ba su ba kansu girma ba.	They are not serious women
Samu matsugunni.	Samu mazauni kamar misali, gida.	Have a residence; be settled

Notes

Hausa Notes	English Notes
Addini da al'ada ba su sauƙaƙa rayuwar mata Nijeriya, kamar ta mafi yawancin matan Afirka, inda mazaje suke da magana. Wani lokaci suna gani ana taka haƙƙinsu amma saboda addini, ko al'ada su sa su ƙarƙashin ikon mazaje da basu iya yi da kansu yadda suke so. Akwai mataye da sun ɗaukaka sunansu ta wurin ayyukan da sun yi na ci gaban Nijeria. Sannu- sannu kuma suna ƙara hawa ga mayyan matsayi, kuma suna takara da mazaje. Akwai kabiloli inda mata suna iko, wasu kuma suna da matsayi cikin tsarin iko na gargajiya, amma in an duba a taƙaice, an ce suna da aikin neman yancin kansu. Akwai ƙungiyoyi da suke kafawa domin su taimaki juna.	Religion and customs do not facilitate the life of Nigerian women, like most African women in a prevailing, male-dominated society. They sometimes watch their rights being ignored or discriminated against because religion or custom have relegated them to positions that resemble slavery to the point that they have no control over their own bodies. In the course of history, many brave women have participated effectively in the development of Nigeria. Gradually, they are advancing to higher positions and competing with men. There are matriarchs in some ethnic groups, or leaders in a traditional context but in general, they have to struggle more for some autonomy. They form organizations to help themselves.

XML



<activity>
   <problemset>
      <problem correctindex="0">
         <choices>
            <opt>
               <eng-response>This interview addresses the determination of a female politician to get to a position where she would have more power to tackle crucial health problems, as well as social and economic disparities in Nigeria. The vice-presidential candidate, Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim Baba, displays her political program in a chronological order of actions that would lead to the well-being of a society that empowers women. She praises religious leaders, both Muslims and Christians, for enabling people to have a different and positive mindset towards politics and politicians, whom she reminds to put the fear of God into their leadership.</eng-response>
               <eng-fdbk>Correct! You followed the candidate's reasoning in her description of the challenges that Nigerian people are facing, and the plan she proposes to solve their problems. She specifically addresses each topic with facts, and the impact each has on the others.</eng-fdbk>
               <response>Wannan tattaunawar tana nuna ƙoƙarin wata 'yar takara siyasa, domin ta kai ga inda za ta sami karhin da zata iya tinkara mayyan matsalolin da ke damuwar ƙasa wajen fannonin lafiya da banbanci na zaman jama'a da tattalin arziki. Ita Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim Baba, yar takara ce a matsayin mataimakiyar Shugaban ƙasa. Ta bayyana shirin da ke gare ta dalla-dalla domin a tabbatar da zaman arziki ga jama'ar da za ta ba matsayin mata daraja. Ta yaba da ƙoƙarin malammai na addinin Musulumci, da kuma Kirista domin jawo hankalin mutane da suke yi bisa siyasa da 'yan siyasa. Ta kuma tuna wa 'yan siyasar da su sa tsoron Allah cikin gabata.</response>
               <fdbk>Daidai ne! Kun gane yadda yar takara ta matsalolin da yan  ƙasar Nijeriya ke fuskanta, kuma da yadda ta zana tsare-tsare na warware matsalolinsu. Ta bada bayyani bisa ga kowane batu,da yadda yake shafar sauran.</fdbk>
            </opt>
            <opt>
               <eng-response>A Nigerian woman, who is a vice-presidential candidate, tells about her political ambition in this interview. Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim Baba describes the social and economic challenges that hinder full involvement of women in national matters, the impact of religion on politics, and the attitude of the society towards politicians in general. She gives priority to job creation and education, then health to solve country's security problems. Maryam acknowledges the importance of religion for better leadership and social equality in her advice to the public to engage in politics in a God-fearing way.</eng-response>
               <response>Wata yar takara a matsayin mataimakiyar  shugaban ƙasa ta Nijeriya, tana  magana a kan kishin zuccinta bisa harakar siyasa. Hajiya Maryam
Ibrahim Baba, ta fallasa irin al'amura na zaman jama'a da tattalin arziki, waɗɗanda suke hana mata su natsu cikin harakokin da sun shafi ci gaban ƙasa, da yadda addini ya shafi siyasa, kuma da yadda jama'a ta ke ɗaukar yan siyasa gaba ɗaya. Ta bada karfi ga kula da tabbatar wa mutane da aiki, da kuma koyarsuwa,  sai kuma lahiya, domin a  warware matsalar zaman kwanciyar hankalin ƙasar. Hajiya Maryam ta gano da mahimmancin addini domin a yi gabata da gaskiya, da daidaitakar mutane cikin jawabin da ta bayar wa mutane na a tafiyar da siyasa cikin tsoron Allah.</response>
               <fdbk>Ba daidai ba! Lalle Hajiya Maryam ta yi magana kan
hanyoyi da za abi domin a tabbatar da jin daɗin jama'a Nijeriya, da zaman lafiyarsu, amma a ƙara tunani bisa matakai na tafiyar da tsarin. Yaya ta zana su?</fdbk>
               <eng-fdbk>Incorrect! Hajiya Maryam did suggest different steps to follow in order to insure the well-being of Nigerians and their security, but think again about the procedure she used. How did she plan her actions?</eng-fdbk>
            </opt>
            <opt>
               <eng-response>This interview presents a Nigerian vice-presidential candidate, special by her social status, and her political program. Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim Baba of the PPE party speaks about Nigeria's main problems and the solutions she suggests. Being a woman herself, she defends women's rights from a religious point of view, and calls for a considerate attitude towards religion from both candidates and the public in politics, because the two go together, she said. She points out that there is a general awareness of the necessity for honest leaders that brings people to be more selective in their choice, and allows for candidates to be more inclined to be clean and patriotic.</eng-response>
               <response>Wannan tattaunawa tana gabatar da wata yar takara a matsayin Mataimakiyar Shugaban ƙasa a Nijeriya, wadda ta zama ta musamman saboda matsayinta da kuma tsarinta na siyasa. Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim Baba tana cikin jam'iyyar PPE, kuma tana bada bayyani bisa mahimman matsalolin
ƙasar da hanyoyin da a ra'ayinta za a bi domin a yi maganinsu. A matsayinta na macce tana ƙoƙari taimakawa mata domin a ba su girman da ya cancanta bisa ga addini. Ta kira ga yan takara da jama'a da a ba addini karhi cikin siyasa saboda ba a iya raba su. Ta nuna la'akari da mutane sun yi da cewa wajibi ne a sami shugabanni nagari, kuma wannan ya sa mutane tunani kafin su zaɓi shugaba, kuma su yan takara ga neman nagarta da kishin ƙasa.</response>
               <eng-fdbk>Incorrect! Please listen again to Maryam's description of the main problems that the country faces in the middle part of the interview. To what extent does the summary reflect Maryam's political program?</eng-fdbk>
               <fdbk>Ba daidai ba! A ƙara saurara bayyanin Maryam bisa mahimman matsalolin da ƙasar take fuskanta, wajen tsakiyar hirar. Yaya taƙaitawarnan take nuna
cikkaken tsari siyasarta?</fdbk>
            </opt>
         </choices>
      </problem>
   </problemset>
   <instr type="eng">INSTRUCTIONS:
Choose the best summary.</instr>
   <instr type="target">Umurni:Zaɓi taƙaitawa mafi dacewa.</instr>
   <finish>How would a woman make her way to the presidency of Nigeria?</finish>
   <finishtl>Yaya macce za ta iya kai ga zamna kujera shugabancin ƙasar Nijeriya</finishtl>
   <finishtl>Wane irin ƙarhi ke ga mayyan addinan biyu na Nijeriya a kan siyasa?</finishtl>
   <finish>How much impact do the two main religions have on politics in Nigeria?</finish>
   <finish>How can religion help Nigerian women participate in the economic development and stability of the country?</finish>
   <finishtl>Yaya addini zai iya taimaka wa matan Nijeriya, su ƙara kawo gudunmawa ga aikin tattalin arzikin ƙasa da kwaciyar hankalin ta?</finishtl>
</activity>