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 Being and Becoming Hausa: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xviii)   (877K)
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    • Contents
    • List Of Illustrations
    • List Of Maps
    • Contributors
    • Preface
    • Note On Language And Transcription
  • Hausa Identity: Language, History And Religion (1-34) by Anne Haour and Benedetta Rossi   (534K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Themes
    • 3. Contents And Aims
    • 4. Conclusion
    • References
  • The Role Of Comparative/Historical Linguistics In Reconstructing The Past: What Borrowed And Inherited Words Tell Us About The Early History Of Hausa (35-58) by Philip J. Jaggar   (1M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The genetic affiliation of Hausa < Chadic < Afroasiatic and its geographical distribution
    • 3. Proto-Afroasiatic And Proto-Chadic Chronologies: When And Where?
    • 4. The Power Of Linguistic Evidence: Detectable Lexical Borrowing
    • 5. Loanwords In Hausa
    • 6. Summary
    • References
  • Ancient Labels And Categories: Exploring The 'Onomastics' Of Kano (59-84) by Murray Last   (2M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Label ‘Hausa’
    • 3. The Kasar Kano
    • 4. Conclusions
    • References
  • More Rural Than Urban? The Religious Content And Functions Of Hausa Proverbs And Hausa Verbal Compounds (85-112) by Joseph McIntyre   (642K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Proverbs
    • 3. Verbal Compounds
    • 4. Comments On The Imagery Found In Hausa Proverbs And Compounds
    • 5. Conclusion
    • References
  • Being And Becoming Hausa In Ader (113-140) by Benedetta Rossi   (4M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Place Of Ader In Hausa History
    • 3. Ader, ‘Carrefour De Races’: Ethnic Labels And Their Transformations In Agouloum
    • 4. Asna Ways Of Living, Ways To Become Asna
    • 5. Mobilising Ethnicity: The Strategic Functions Of Overlapping Identities
    • 6. In Conclusion: Hausaisation Observed
    • References
  • Kufan Kanawa, Niger: The Former Kano? (141-164) by Anne Haour   (2M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Archaeology Of The Kasar Hausa
    • 3. Kufan Kanawa: Prior Knowledge
    • 4. Archaeology At Kufan Kanawa
    • 5. Discussion
    • 6. Conclusion
    • References
  • Kirfi, Bauchi: An Archaeological Investigation Of The Hausa Landscape (165-186) by Abubakar Sule Sani   (1M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Archaeological Survey
    • 3. An Ethnoarchaeological View Of The Kirfi Way Of Life
    • 4. Periodising The Kirfi Archaeological Sites
    • 5. Placing The Kirfi Phenomenon Within ‘Hausaland’
    • 6. Conclusion
    • References
  • The Hausa Textile Industry: Origins And Development In The Precolonial Period (187-212) by Marisa Candotti   (776K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Cloth And Muslim Traders Before The Nineteenth Century
    • 3. Textile Boom And State During The Nineteenth Century
    • 4. Conclusion
    • References
  • Clothing And Identity: How Can Museum Collections Of Hausa Textiles Contribute To Understanding The Notion Of Hausa Identity? (213-234) by Sarah Worden   (2M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Investigating Hausa Dress
    • 3. Contexts Of Origin And Use
    • 4. The Sokoto Caliphate And Robes Of Honour
    • 5. Conclusions
    • References
  • God Made Me A Rapper: Young Men, Islam, And Survival In An Age Of Austerity (235-256) by Adeline Masquelier   (868K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Logic Of Survival
    • 3. Dress, Modesty, And The Modern Look
    • 4. The Mission Of Hip-Hop
    • 5. Being ‘Branché’: Music, Knowledge, And Truth
    • 6. Conclusi
    • References
  • Engendering A Hausa Vernacular Christian Practice (257-278) by Barbara Cooper   (691K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. ‘What Are The Obligatory Acts In Which Christians Must Engage?’
    • 3. Performing Christianity
    • 4. Conclusion
    • References
  • Hausa As A Process In Time And Space (279-298) by John E.G. Sutton   (494K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Direction Of Hausaisation: Deconstructing The Notion Of Northern Origin
    • 3. Hausa Expansion: A Single Process Or Separate Phases? From East To West Or Vice Versa?
    • 4. A Problem Yet Unresolved
    • References
  • Index (299-310)   (495K)