| Being and Becoming Hausa: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Contributor(s): Haour, Anne (Editor), Rossi, Benedetta (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004185429 ISBN-13: 9789004185425 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $92.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.893 |
| LCCN: 2010013403 |
| Series: African Social Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hausa society in West Africa has attracted researchers' attention for decades, and has featured in the historical record for at least 500 years. Yet, no clear picture is available of the historical trajectories that underpin Hausa ethnogenesis. This book addresses this gap, deploying interdisciplinary approaches to revisit questions to which single disciplines have given partial answers, often due to the paucity of written sources for early periods of Hausa history. Contributors draw from the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, economic history, and archaeology to enquire into how a 'Hausa' identity took shape and what have been its changing material and cultural manifestations. The result is a compelling overview of one of the most iconic groups of modern West Africa. |