Rural Hausa: A Village and a Setting

by Polly Hill

Book Overview

This book was originally published in 1972 and relates to the Hausa-speaking people of West Africa. At the time of publication there were perhaps as many as 15 million Hausa-speaking people in the area, most of whom lived in the countryside in northern Nigeria and the neighbouring Niger Republic. This book is at once an examination of the socio-economic life of a small Hausa village and a study of the way of life of the rural Hausa generally. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521126282
• ISBN13: 9780521126281
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"