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Baba of Karo: A Woman of the Muslim Hausa (Paperback)
- Item Number
- 125
- Estimated Value
- 32 USD
- Opening Bid
- 24 USD
Item Description
First published in 1954 and now reissued with a new foreword by Hilda Kuper, this autobiography of a shrewd, humorous and courageous personality remains a classic in the field of African studies and a uniquely valuable account of a Muslim society in West Africa.
Product Details
· Paperback: 300 pages
· Publisher: Yale University Press (September 10, 1981)
· Language: English
· ISBN-10: 0300027419
· ISBN-13: 978-0300027419
· Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.1 inches
· Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
Baba of Karo, a Woman of the Muslim Hausa, first published in 1945, is the fascinating autobiography of Baba, a very elderly Hausa woman. Baba talks about Hausa domestic life, slavery, farming and explains Hausa rituals. Her memories reach all the way back to the days of intertribal warfare and slave raids, providing an invaluable history of Hausa life in the late 1800s through the first half of the twentieth century.
Although Baba of Karo remains a valuable classic in the field of African studies, it is equally valuable in the area of women's studies. Anyone who is interested in women's history will find this an especially fascinating and informative book. At a time when no outside male would ever have been allowed access to interview a female, Mary Smith learned Hausa and spent uncountable daily sessions with Baba as the old women told her life's story of living in a polygamous marriage in the Hausa male-oriented society from a woman's point of view.
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Item Special Note
Softcover. This book is in good condition. The pages are crisp and clean.
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