Hadija's story : diaspora, gender, and belonging in the Cameroon Grassfields /

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In 1952, a woman named Hadija was brought to trial in an Islamic courtroom in the Cameroon Grassfields on a charge of bigamy. Quickly, however, the court proceedings turned to the question of whether she had been the wife or the slave-concubine of her deceased husband. In tandem with other court cas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Rourke, Harmony (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Hausa (African people) > Cameroon.
Hausa (African people) > Marriage customs and rites.
Women, Hausa > Cameroon > Social conditions.
Marriage customs and rites > Cameroon.
Islamic marriage customs and rites > Cameroon.
Haoussa (Peuple d'Afrique) > Cameroun.
Haoussa (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies du mariage.
Femmes haoussa > Cameroun > Conditions sociales.
Mariage > Rites et cérémonies > Cameroun.
Mariage > Rites et cérémonies islamiques > Cameroun.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Hausa (African people)
Hausa (African people) > Marriage customs and rites
Islamic marriage customs and rites
Marriage customs and rites
Cameroon
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Worthy subjects"
  • "People of the north"
  • Slave or daughter?
  • First reversal: marriage and enslavement
  • Second reversal: death and survival
  • Third reversal: conflict and judgment.

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