The Hausa of Nigeria [Paperback]

The Hausa of Nigeriais 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.Frank A. Salamoneis chair of the Sociology Department at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. He has written or edited about twenty books, over one hundred articles, and is a member of many professional associations. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria from 1989-90. Salamone has conducted field work in Nigeria, the United States, Venezuela, and East Africa. He is happily married and has seven children, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.Chapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Introduction - Wrestling with Identity: From Newbie to Elder Chapter 4 Chapter One - Hausa States Chapter 5 Chapter Two - Hausa Shaman Chapter 6 Chapter Three - Up Close and Personal in the Field Chapter 7 Chapter Four - Colonialism and the Creation of Ethnic Identity Chapter 8 Chapter Five - Indirect Rule and the Reinterpretation of Tradition: Abdullahi of Yauri Chapter 9 Chapter Six - Indirect Rule Continued Chapter 10 Chapter Seven - Religious Change in a Northern Nigerian Emirate Chapter 11 Chapter Eight - Competitive Converstion and Its Implicatiosn for Modernized Nlƒ&