Telling stories, making histories : women, words, and Islam in nineteenth-century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate

Telling stories, making histories : women, words, and Islam in nineteenth-century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate / Mary Wren Bivins.

Author/creator	Bivins, Mary Wren
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, ©2007.
Description	xiii, 192 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Women, Hausa--Social conditions --19th century. Women, Hausa--Language --History --19th century. Women, Hausa--Intellectual life --19th century. Storytelling--Fulani Empire --History. Muslim women--Fulani Empire --Social conditions. Sex role--Fulani Empire --History. Islam--Social aspects --Fulani Empire --History. Fulani Empire--Social conditions. Nigeria, Northern--Social conditions. Niger--Social conditions.

Series	Social history of Africa, 1099-8098 Social history of Africa. ^A292175
Contents	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 crisis in Hausa families -- "Womenfolk take heed!" : Muslim wives and Hausa marriages : lessons from Sokoto -- Telling stories, making history : women, narrative and historical knowledge in nineteenth century Hausaland.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-184) and index.
LCCN	2006103355
ISBN	9780325070131 (alk. paper)
ISBN	032507013X (Heinemann cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780325070124 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0325070121 (Heinemann paper : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DT515.45.H38 B58 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold