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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Rourke, Harmony (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Marriage customs and rites.
Islamic marriage customs and rites.
Hausa (African people) > Marriage customs and rites.
Hausa (African people)
HISTORY > Africa > West.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Mariage > Rites et ceremonies islamiques > Cameroun.
Mariage > Rites et ceremonies > Cameroun.
Femmes haoussa > Cameroun > Conditions sociales.
Haoussa (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et ceremonies du mariage.
Haoussa (Peuple d'Afrique) > Cameroun.
Islamic marriage customs and rites > Cameroon.
Marriage customs and rites > Cameroon.
Women, Hausa > Cameroon > Social conditions.
Hausa (African people) > Cameroon.
Cameroon.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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