BANI AJIYAN GORU [COMPOUND OF THE DISTRICT HEAD] Alhaji Maina Gimba (videotaped by Russell G. Schuh, in Potiskum, Nigeria, August 3, 2000) Bani_Ajiya 000 BANI AJIYA GORU COMPOUND OF THE DISTRICT HEAD 001 T ss h nc n m p i b n. Well here we are today inside a house. 002 B n m b n j y n g r l j B, w t d nd s n ìb b î, This house is the compound of the District Head Alaji Ba, that is the children call him Baba, 003 b m m íyíy s n ì l j B î, mm s nn lh j M in G mb, w t lh j S l im n G mb. while the people call him Alaji Ba, but his name is Alhaji Maina Gimba, that is Alhaji Sulaiman Gimba. 004 T sh b t M i b r. Well he is the older brother of Moi Abari. 005 m b nn, m r n p i b n m w l r b i y ll. This is his house, we will enter inside the house and see every kind of place. 006 M r n c p m nn y k m nn b i m nd m nn g j r b i d nd, g b i y m íyíy m p i b n m ll t n r r t sh í í g n. 007 T, h ns n y n m g. OK, now indeed let s enter. We will enter and we will see everything, we will see the wives place, we will see the quarters of the children, and the place that the people of the house, younger siblings or workers all are in it. 008 T, ss w t sh nsh n m... m m t r. OK, here we are that is now this this is the entrance hall. 009 m g m t r n s r, w t m t r n b b n. This is the inside of the main entrance hall, that is the entrance hall of the entryway of the house. 010 T, k t n k s r n t sh g n nd g b n m t. OK, from here on the right side of me there is a garage. 011 K t n k s r n g, nd g b n m t Y l, sh k b l j B. From there on the left, there is the garage for Ya Ali, he is the son of Alaji Ba. Alhaji Maina Gimba, Bani Ajiyan Goru 1
012 T m m t r n b l u m b b n. m t r n b l u, w t, m g nt n m t r n b d m, m m y n m r n m t r n b l u m b b n. OK, this is the second entrance hall of the entry way, the second entrance hall, that is, we have passed through the first entrance hall, this other one we have come into the second entrance hall of the second entryway. 013 T ss m g b n ng rw. Well here it is, this is the guest quarters. 014 m k y ne l c nc n n s n d g g n. This is the one that now I spend the night in. 015 T b m nd n t n k, ss m [b z m p i b n ]. Well when we come here, here is this one [the well inside the house]. 016 T b z m m nsh b z r nk t, n k n t m n íy n s l b n m b z m ng y. Well this well is a very old well, because I think at the time of building the house this well, this is the one they made. 017 M n l l y ll l nd ng c í nn b z m m mm. It s as if everyone who has come, all of them, they have seen this well like this. 018 T k t n k b i y B l n s n B j íy rn, t m k b i d nd. Well over there the place that Ba Dole, the namesake of Ba is standing, now this is the children s place. 019 D nd w t d nd ll b l u b nj m l l, m t nj l g b i y. The children that is the two small children and the young men and the rest of them, they sleep in that place. 020 K n m g sh k, nd b n y, b n Y j y, sh k b l j B, w t d g r, ud D g r g w, Close to it, there is a room that, the house of Ya Ajiya, he too is the son of Alaji Ba, that is the guard, Audu Dogori is in it, 021 mm b b n y b n d i y, b b nn d i, k t n y. but the door that is his doorway, the door of his room, it is over there. 022 C nc n y m j r n m p i b n. Now let s go into the interior of the house. 023 T b m nd n k t n, t, n g p i b n ss t n, g b n m, k t n nd b n b l u. 024 M b n B b dd, sh k b l j B, g sh g m nd n G mb, k t n k b n B G m, sh k b l j B. Well when we go from here, well via the interior of the house, here it is, this room, and from there, there are two rooms. One is the house of Baba Adde, he too is the son of Alaji Ba, he and his wife, Gambo, (and) from here is the house of Ba Goma, he too is the son of Alaji Ba. 025 sh k, m nd n m ss s b t, w t, g i, k m z z i s. As for him, his wife, she is there in the hospital, that is, she is pregnant and is not well. 026 T, ss y n h nc n m r n g b n s r. Well, here it is you know, now we will enter the main building. Alhaji Maina Gimba, Bani Ajiyan Goru 2
027 m m r nj m g m t r r r n p i b n, w t m t r r n p i b n t n. This one we will go into the entry hall for entering the interior of the house, that is, the entry hall for entering the interior of the house is here. 028 T m b b n B, n j w b b n, b b n l j B. Well this is the doorway of Ba, I am opening the door, the door of Alaji Ba. 029 T, t n, b m r n t n m g b n, g b n B. Well, here, if we go in here, this is the inside of the house, the apartment of Ba. 030 T, ss g b n B, m r w d b in t n, ss m r w r m n, sh k t n. 031 T b m m r n t n y n b l p l B k p r n b i n n z l m g s r n k t n y. 032 T, ss m p n t b b n B, m g p i b n b i m nd, b i m nd m p i b n. 033 T, ss m b m m r n k t n d sh a b l k m b y s t b i z n íy l, g b n z n m n íy l g m n k r i t sh. 034 T sh nsh n y n m g nj m p i b n b i m nd, b i m nd m p i b n. Well, here is the apartment of Ba, this is a date palm here, there that one is a pomegranate, it too is here. Well if a person enters here, he will find Ba s parlor and he will even enter his place for sitting and then arrive at his main room from there. Well, here we have opened up Ba s door, let s go to the interior of the house to the wives quarters, the place of the wives of the house. Well, here this, if a person goes in from here, then he will find this place, a storage room, a place for storing grain, a room for storing things like guinea corn and foodstuffs. Well now we have come into the women s quarters, the quarters of the wives of the house. 035 ss k t sh k t n g n nd g b n nk. There on the right of me there is the kitchen. 036 ss m g b n nk. Here is it, this is the cooking room. 037 B m m p t n g b n nk k j d sh r n n b y, w t b b n y m nd r sh d b n B, k t n y. 038 Ÿí m g b n nk. Yes, this is the kitchen. 039 T, ss g b n nk k t n, m m r k n t n, w t, m b y, b z sh d y bb. 040 T k t n k m nd g n t n w t b nd in g m l j B n t n. When one goes out via the kitchen, well he will go in via a place, that is the door that the wives go through to Ba s apartment, from there. Well, here is the kitchen from here, a person enters via here, that is, this place if it happens, one keeps chickens there. Well from here too the wives pass through via here, that is, if one is going to the place of Alaji Ba via here. Alhaji Maina Gimba, Bani Ajiyan Goru 3
041 T m sh p m t g n t n. Well this all of it they pass via here. 042 T, ss sh nsh n y n m l m nj m p i b n, b i m nd Ö m b i m nd n p i b n. 043 T, m y n, ss h nc n m g p l m nd, g p l m nd m p i b n. Well, here we are now you know we have arrived at the interior of the house, the wives quarters this is the quarters of the wives of the house. Well, this, you know, here is it now this is the sitting room of the wives, the sitting room of the wives. 044 M nd : j k n? A woman: Is he taking (pictures)? 045 ss y n j dd. Here she is indeed, Aja Adde. 046 m m nd, m nd B m m y. This woman is one of Alaji Ba s wives. 047 ss y n b nt t n. Here is her room here. 048 t y n w t g b b nt g m n m B b g d nd. She is seated at the doorway of her room with Uma Baba and children & Co. 049 T, k t n k ss b n [m nd ] l j B m m y, sh w t mm M j. Well, over here too here is the room of one of Alaji Ba s [wives], this, that is, is Umma Maji. 050 t k ss t, g b n g y l k r nt n t. She too here she is, she is in her room with family, they have surrounded her. 051 T ss t n H jj G j t n. Well here is Hajja Gaji here. 052 ta k j m nd l j B, ss t, t k j g m íyíy k r nt n t ss m h r g M g r. 053 B l n m [heh, heh], ss M g r M i t n, b l m m n m b l nt n M i. She too is a wife of Alaji Ba, here she is, she too is with people, they have surrounded her, here she is even with Magara. Well she is nearby [laughter], here is Magara Moi, and it s as if we have found the Moi. 054 Ÿí. T m w t g g lí d m n n m P kk m mm. Yes. Well this, that is, according to our custom of the Bole people it s like this. 055 nd M i, nd M g r. t k j. W t m n n p r n m n M i g ng l t k s r un y. 056 T, k t n ss y n H jj D y j. Well, here this is Hajja Dayija. There is the Moi, there is the Magara [Queen Mother]. It s HER. That is, its like the status of saying that it s like the Moi in England, SHE is the queen. Alhaji Maina Gimba, Bani Ajiyan Goru 4
057 t k t n m g b nt, t k m nd l j B m m, ss ng r tt n kw l t k l b k tt. 058 T, m k g b nt. Well, this is her room. 059 T, m g b n mm B b t, ta s y jj t, t k j m nd l j B. 060 T, ss k t n m r w d b n, ss b r, b r nsh shaí í t n, m b i b n, m b i b n p i b n, b i b n m nd. She too is here this is her room, she is one of the wives of Alaji Ba, there it is she has attached her scarf clearly on her head. Well, that one is the room of Umma Babate, she has died, she too was a wife of Alaji Ba. Well, here it is this is a date palm, here is a water pot, all water pots here, that is a toilet, that is the interior toitlet, the toilet for the wives. 061 T m y n p i b n, p i b n n s r. Well this you know is the house interior, the interior of a large household. 062 T k t n h ns n m Ö m nn g j r. Well from here now we we will see the ga jura [quarters for married family members]. 063 W t sh g j r y w t m n b nd b n n s r, b n g b i m b n m n sh b w t y n b l sh p b n m n m n d nd n b i s m ll t m n m y n y m t n m g b i y, m t y n p r (s ) n ìg j raî. 064 T k t n k g j r, m nn nd b n Y l p i t n y, sh k b l j B, g b ni Y G j g k b n d nd, m t sh í í b i y. That is, it, the ga jura, that is, for example if there is the main house, besides the quarters of the house owner, for example he is the father, well then the whole house it s as if those like his children or his younger siblings and others that are near the place, they are called ga jura. Well from there from the ga jura, we will see there is the house of Ya Ali inside there, he too is the son of Alaji Ba, and the house of Ya Goji and too the house of the children, they are all in the place. 065 L w m l : s Y l j! A little girl: Welcome Big Brother Alaji! 066 T, ss h nc n m j r n n g j r, m m j r n n g j r. OK, here now we are entering a ga jura, this one we are entering a ga jura. 067 T, ss z l n k t n m b n m m t B D l. Well, here at its beginning here this is the house of the late Ba Dala. 068 T h ns n b l k l B D l s y j n n k m mm b l m n ì m m t î, s y j n, b l d nd h ns n Ö g w m t. Well now but Ba Dala has died and because of that then we say the late, he has died, but the children now they it s they who are inside. 069 T sh nsh n t n m j l m b n Y l. Well now here we are arriving at the house of Ya Ali. 070 m g b n nk m b nn, m b n Y l. This is the kitchen of his house, the house of Ya Ali. Alhaji Maina Gimba, Bani Ajiyan Goru 5
071 T, ss m b n Ya Ali, m g b nn sh k j, b l j B. Well, here it is this is the house of Ya Ali, this is his room, he too is a son of Alaji Ba. 072 T m y b nn, ss t n. Well this is his room, here it is here. 073 M nd n k l sh j b n g b d m, b cc b i t k t w. We have come but he is bathing first, maybe he has finished. 074 T k t n b y m nd n, k ss b l u, nd M m K d j, nd M m H ww. Well, here are his wive s quarters, there are two of them, there is Mama Kadija, there is Mama Hawwa. 075 T, m b y m nd n t n y, m g b nn, ss b i t n. Well, this is his wives quarters here, this is his room, there it is back there. 076 T m b i n s, k nn, ss m b i s r m b i n, k t n ss b n M m K d ij, k t n k k g y ss b n M m H ww. 077 ss m t óg y. There they are entering. Well this is their sitting place, you see, here it is this large area this is the sitting place, from here, here is the room of Mama Kadija, from here you would pass through, there is the room of Mama Hawwa. 078 ss k t n b m nd n n g k s r m, sh k b i m. Here it is from here if we come in via this narrow passage, this too is another place. 079 sh k j nd b n d nd, b pp n n t n, k s t w t ud D g r t n y, j j n m nd n w y, j j nn sh m m d nd k s t t n. 080 T ss h nc n b l j n b l, m b n B b Y y g b n d nd, m t k m t n, b l sh p m t t n y. m sh p p i b n. T. 081 T, k t n k m m na m b i b m nd i m nn b n [Y G j ]. It too there is the children s room, if one passes via here, in the past, that is, Audu Dogori was here, when were growing up [when we did wayo], at that time all of us we were children in the past here [we spent our childhood here]. Well here it is now as it has happened, that is the room of Baba Yaya and the children s room, they are several here, all of them are here. All of this is the interior of the house. OK. Well, OK, from here we will return back so that we might go and see the house [of Ya Goji]. 082 sh k j sh p g j r. m sh p m g j r. It too, all of it is a ga jura. All of this we are in a ga jura. 083 T, m g b n nk m b n Y l. Well, this is the kitchen of Ya Ali s house. 084 m k g b n y m n, t, y d pp d k r i m n sh w, ss m n b n m n z r, d w n, c p g w. This too is a room that, like, well, that they collect things in it like wood, there are things like bran, ropes, mats, all of it is in there. Alhaji Maina Gimba, Bani Ajiyan Goru 6
085 T, ss k t n z n íy l. Well, here is guinea corn spread out to dry. 086 T, k t n k j c p b n Y l k p i t n. Well, here it is all Ya Ali s house inside here. 087 nd w t b i d i ww, nd b l m n b n, t n sh k h ns n b l m íyíy Ö n d. 088 T, m k t n k, k t n m b n Y G j. m b n Y G j. sh k b l j B. T b n y c í í g j r j. There is a place for tending goats, there is one like a room, here he is too now the people are seated there. Well, this one here, here this is the house of Ya Goji. This is the house of Ya Goji. He too is the son of Alaji Ba. Well the house, all of it is a ga jura. 089 ss b i m, ss t l -t l, ss t l -t l, ss y d nd. Here it is this place, here are turkeys, here are turkeys, here are children. 090 T, m b n y t n k t n k b i m nd n, M m T l t. Well, this room that is here from there is the quarters of his wife, Mama Talatu. 091 T, m sh, sh k k t n b n Y G j g y l n, m t sh t t n, k g w. Well this is him, he too from here is the house of Ya Goji and his family, they are all here, inside. 092 M nn t ss b nt, b n M m T l t. You will see there is her room, the room of Mama Talatu. 093 m y g b n nk, g b n y b l u, m n t sh m n íy l z n y m n b n. This one is the kitchen, there are two rooms, things like food and grain they store, things like bran. 094 ss sh m m j nn y, k j r. There it is all of it we see, a chair. 095 T m y n g p i b n g b ni l j B k n n, sh j y n g r. m sh m m nn nt n l. lh md l ll h. Well this you know is the inside of the house of Alaji Ba, he is the District Head. All of this we have seen it. Alhamdu lillahi. Alhaji Maina Gimba, Bani Ajiyan Goru 7