| Description |
xvi, 307 p. : ill., maps. |
| Series |
African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 23 |
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African social studies series ; v. 23.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Hausa identity : language, history and religion / Anne Haour and Benedetta Rossi -- The role of comparative/historical linguistics in reconstructing the past : what borrowed and inherited words tell us about the early history of Hausa / Philip J. Jaggar -- Ancient labels and categories : exploring the 'onomastics' of Kano / Murray Last -- More rural than urban? : the religious content and functions of Hausa proverbs and Hausa verbal compounds / Joseph McIntyre -- Being and becoming Hausa in Ader / Benedetta Rossi -- Kufan Kanawa, Niger : the former Kano? / Anne Haour -- Kirfi, Bauchi : an archaeological investigation of the Hausa landscape / Abubakar Sule Sani -- The Hausa textile industry : origins and development in the precolonial period / Marisa Candotti -- Clothing and identity : how can museum collections of Hausa textiles contribute to understanding the notion of Hausa identity? / Sarah Worden -- God made me a rapper : young men, Islam, and survival in an age of austerity / Adeline Masquelier -- Engendering a Hausa vernacular Christian practice / Barbara Cooper -- Hausa as a process in time and space / John E.G. Sutton. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Hausa (African people) -- Ethnic identity.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Haour, Anne.
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Rossi, Benedetta.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004185425 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9004185429 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9789004185432 (electronic bk.) |
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