British Church Missionary Society missionaries undertook Hausa Bible translation completed 1905, working with Hausa scholars in Nigeria. Translation used Latin script (replacing Arabic Ajami script), creating Hausa Christian biblical vocabulary. This missionary linguistics occurred during British colonial period in Nigeria. Hausa Bible became foundation for Hausa literary development, enabling Hausa poetry, newspapers, and prose in Christian and secular contexts across Nigeria, Niger, and West Africa.

Hausa Bible translation established Hausa Christian literary vocabulary and Latin orthography, enabling Hausa Christian poetry adapting traditional Hausa poetic forms (including rukuni poetry) for Christian themes. The script change from Arabic to Latin influenced modern Hausa writers and newspaper production. Hausa Bible became foundation for Christian Hausa literary tradition, with biblical imagery entering modern Hausa poetry including works by Hausa Christian poets in Nigeria.