: women, words, and Islam in nineteenth-century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Mary Wren Bivins.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Portsmouth, NH
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Heinemann
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 192 p.
Other Physical Details
: ill.
Dimensions
; 24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Social history of Africa
ISSN of Series
, 1099-8098
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-184) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Women and stories, scholars and texts: women's voices in nineteenth century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate -- Missions to Hausaland: European observations, investigations and conversations -- In praise of farming: women, food, and identity in Kasar Hausa -- A story, a story. Let it come. Let it go: the narrative landscapes and social spaces of storytelling -- If a man does not want you. Stories of marriage and cmarital crisis -- Womenfolk take heed! Wives and the lessons of Islamic reform -- Telling stories, making history: women, narrative, and knowledge in nineteenth-century Hausaland.