The Hausa of Nigeria

Frank A. Salamone

doi:10.5771/9780761847250

Summary

The Hausa of Nigeria is the culmination of thirty-nine years of anthropological thought and research and many field trips to Nigeria. It is an ethnographic reflection of intense field work in Yauri and the surrounding areas that border it, as well as many trips to archives, libraries, and interview sites. It is also the result of discussions with colleagues, especially Salamone's mentor, Charles Frantz, who directed Salamone to Nigeria and who has aided the author's many years of study of the Hausa over time. Frantz's work on ethnicity, as well as ethics in anthropology, has served to provide a standard for Salamone's own endeavors. This work looks at the notion of identity formation and its relationship to history, religion, warfare, gender, economics and various other dimensions of Hausa life, as well as minority group relationships and creolization.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-4724-3
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-4725-0
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 214
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Tables No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction—Wrestling with Identity: From Newbie to Elder No access
Chapter 01: Hausa States No access Pages 1 - 7
Chapter 02: Hausa Shamans No access Pages 8 - 13
Chapter 03: Up Close and Personal in the Field No access Pages 14 - 16
Chapter 04: Colonialism and the Creation of Ethnic Identity No access Pages 17 - 35
Chapter 05: Indirect Rule and the Reinterpretation of Tradition: Abdullahi of Yauri No access Pages 36 - 49
Chapter 06: Indirect Rule Continued No access Pages 50 - 56
Chapter 07: Religious Change in a Northern Nigerian Emirate No access Pages 57 - 67
Chapter 08: Competitive Conversion and Its Implications for Modernized Nigeria No access Pages 68 - 87
Chapter 09: Religion as Play—Bori, a Friendly “Witchdoctor” No access Pages 88 - 96
Photos No access Pages 97 - 105
Chapter 10: Hausa Islamic Practices No access Pages 106 - 111
Chapter 11: Hausa Culture and Personality No access Pages 112 - 118
Chapter 12: Erikson in Nigeria: Exploring the Universality of the Theory of Psychosocial Development No access Pages 119 - 132
Chapter 13: Muslim African Women and Kinship No access Pages 133 - 141
Chapter 14: Hausa Wrestling and Ethnic Boundaries No access Pages 142 - 144
Chapter 15: The Waziri and the Thief: Hausa Islamic Law in a Yoruba City, a Case Study from Ibadan, Nigeria No access Pages 145 - 158
Chapter 16: Student Teachers and Change No access Pages 159 - 169
Chapter 17: Children’s Games in Nigeria Redux: A Consideration of the “Uses” of Play No access Pages 170 - 192
Chapter 18: Dukawa Views on Death No access Pages 193 - 208
Bibliography No access Pages 209 - 214