Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century
Language: en
Pages: 311
Authors: Catherine M. Coles
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-10-01 - Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

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The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, with populations in Nigeria, Niger, and Ghana. Their long history of city-states and Islamic caliphate
Baba of Karo, a Woman of the Muslim Hausa
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Baba (of Karo)
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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Daughter of a Hausa farmer and Koranic teacher, Baba became Mary Smith's friend in 1949, when M. G. and Mary Smith were engaged in fieldwork in Nigeria. In dail
Gender and Citizenship
Language: en
Pages: 358
Authors: Hauwa Mahdi
Categories: Citizenship
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Goteborg University

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Hadija's Story
Language: en
Pages: 341
Authors: Harmony O'Rourke
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-13 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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In 1952, a woman named Hadija was brought to trial in an Islamic courtroom in the Cameroon Grassfields on a charge of bigamy. Quickly, however, the court procee
Marriage in Maradi
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Barbara MacGowan Cooper
Categories: Hausa (African people)
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-01-01 - Publisher: James Currey

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This work explores how both men and women adapted, negotiated and contested their rights and duties in marriage during a period of socio-political upheaval in 2