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Hausaland divided : colonialism and independence in Nigeria and Niger / / William F.S. Miles



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Autore: Miles William F. S. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Hausaland divided : colonialism and independence in Nigeria and Niger / / William F.S. Miles Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1994
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
Disciplina: 966.26/004937
Soggetto topico: Hausa (African people) - Ethnic identity
Hausa (African people) - Government relations
Hausa (African people) - Cultural assimilation
Soggetto geografico: Niger Colonial influence
Nigeria Colonial influence
Niger Ethnic relations
Nigeria Ethnic relations
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-362) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, Tables, and Figures -- Preface -- A Note on Hausa Orthography -- 1. Introduction: Rehabilitating the Borderline -- 2. The Setting -- 3. Ethnic Identity and National Consciousness: Who Are the Hausa? -- 4. Boundary Considerations -- 5. Colonizing the Hausa: British and French -- 6. According to the Archives ... -- 7. Chieftaincy in Yardaji and Yekuwa -- 8. Arziki vs. Talauci: The Economic Comparison -- 9. Educating the Hausa -- 10. Islam: The Religious Difference -- 11. Village Cultures Compared -- 12. Transcending the Tangaraho -- Appendix A. Fieldwork Strategy: The Choice of a Site -- Appendix B. Administration of Self-Identity Surveys -- Appendix C. Selected Characteristics, Daura Local Government and Magaria Arrondissement, 1978-1985 -- Appendix D. Extracts from Anglo-French Treaties Delimiting the Nigeria-Niger Boundary, 1906-1910 -- Appendix E. Communique of the Nigeria-Niger Transborder Cooperation Workshop, Kano, July 2-8, 1989 -- Appendix F. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: How have different forms of colonialism shaped societies and their politics? William F. S. Miles focuses on the Hausa-speaking people of West Africa whose land is still split by an arbitrary boundary established by Great Britain and France at the turn of the century.
Titolo autorizzato: Hausaland divided  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8014-7010-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910460897003321
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Serie: Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture.