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<journal-id>2448-654X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Estudios de Asia y África]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Estud. Asia Áfr.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-654X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[El Colegio de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-654X2023000100159</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24201/eaa.v58i1.2727</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Las primeras aventuras de Alhaji Imam: &#8220;A la búsqueda del agua de Bagaja&#8221;, de Alhaji Abubakar Imam]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Alhaji Imam&#8217;s First Adventures: &#8220;In Search of the Water of Bagaja&#8221;, by Alhaji Abubakar Imam]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Batic]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gian Claudio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Università degli Studi di Napoli &#8220;L&#8217;Orientale  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Italy</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>58</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>159</fpage>
<lpage>176</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-654X2023000100159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-654X2023000100159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-654X2023000100159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Ruwan Bagaja, del escritor nigeriano Alhaji Abubakar Imam (1911-1981), fue publicado por primera vez en 1934 y es considerado un clásico de la literatura hausa moderna. En su novela, Abubakar Imam recupera el tema popular de la mítica agua curativa de Bagaja en una historia que integra motivos de la tradición oral hausa con elementos derivados de las tradiciones de Oriente Medio y europea. Se presenta aquí la traducción al español de &#8220;Alhaji a la búsqueda del agua de Bagaja&#8221;, el primer capítulo de la novela. Narrado en primera persona, el texto cuenta las primeras aventuras del protagonista, Alhaji Imam, y expone su historia y su psicología. El lector se ve inmediatamente proyectado a una dimensión en la que la amistad y el engaño, la subordinación y el poder, y lo natural y lo sobrenatural se entrecruzan sin solución de continuidad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Ruwan Bagaja by Nigerian writer Alhaji Abubakar Imam (1911-1981), was first published in 1934 and is considered a classic of modern Hausa literature. In his novel, Abubakar Imam takes up the popular theme of the mythical healing water of Bagaja, in a story that integrates themes from the Hausa oral tradition with elements derived from the Middle Eastern and European traditions. The Spanish translation of the novel&#8217;s opening chapter, &#8220;Alhaji in Search of the Water of Bagaja&#8221;, is presented here. Narrated in the first person, the text describes the first adventures of the protagonist, Alhaji Imam, outlining his history and psychology. The reader is immediately immersed in a world where friendship and deception, subordination and power, and the natural and supernatural are inevitably intertwined.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ruwan Bagaja]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Alhaji Abubakar Imam]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hausa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[literatura africana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[novela]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ruwan Bagaja]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Alhaji Abubakar Imam]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hausa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[African literature]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[novel]]></kwd>
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