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Aziba loves animals and his dream is to find out as much as he can about their habits and the way they look. Follow Aziba as he goes into the savannah to ask his favourite animals some important questions. Some of the answers that the animals give might surprise you!
Aziba l¿ elaw¿ ya b¿ l¿l¿nu eny¿ b¿ edi b¿ yanya nu gede tso wo nuw¿w¿ kpl¿ wo dz¿dz¿m¿. Je Aziba yom¿ esi eyi gb¿m¿ abia ¿lawo he wol¿¿ enya dewo he le vevie. ¿udodo he elawo naa aw¿ nuku na wo!
A bilingual edition of this book is available in the following languages: Afar, Afrikaans, Amharic, Asante, Efik, Ewe, Gikuyu, Hausa, Ibibio, Igbo, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Lingala, Luganda, Ndebele, Oromo, Oshiwambo, Shona, Sesotho, Setswana, Somali, Somali (Osmanya Script) Swahili, Tigrinya, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu
About the author
Mohammed Umar was born in Azare in Nigeria's Bauchi State. He studied political science at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He then graduated with an M.A. in journalism from Moscow State University (1991) and M.A. in political economy from Middlesex University, UK (1996). Mohammed Umar served as a judge for the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2009 and he was the winner of the Muslim News Award for Excellence in Arts in 2010. He lives in London. His books include Amina, The Illegal Immigrant, The Adventures of Jamil, The Hunter Becomes the Hunted, Sunset at Dawn, The Talking Baobab Tree, Aziba in the Savannah, Samad in the Desert, The Enemies Inside, Hanzala's Birthday Present, The Hunter Becomes the Hunted, The Circle of Life and A Trip to the Zoo.
