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Hausaland divided : colonialism and independence in Nigeria and Niger /

How have different forms of colonialism shaped societies and their politics? What can borderland communities teach us about nation building and group identity? William F.S. Miles focuses on the Hausa-speaking people of West Africa, whose land is still split by an arbitrary boundary established by Gr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miles, William F. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994.
Colección:The Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.