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Cooperation in Hausa societyarticle 1957 • Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)
Hausa • Africa > Western Africa
This is a study of traditional associations of a cooperative nature among the Hausa, intended to serve as an example of analysis of native society for the purpose of planning cooperative economic development under a program of applied anthropology. S...The social functions and meaning of Hausa praise-singingarticle 1957 • Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)
Hausa • Africa > Western Africa
This article describes and analyzes the Hausa institution of praise-singing, conducted by specialists known as maroka. Smith first presents background in the form of historical and cultural summary, then describes examples of praise-singing in severa...Government in Zazzau 1800-1950Book 1960 • Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)
Hausa • Africa > Western Africa
This document is a historical description and structural analysis of the political developments in Zaria over a 150-year period. It is based on the oral traditions and written source material of the people of Zaria themselves, as well as on descripti...The Hausa of northern Nigeriaessay 1965 • Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)
Hausa • Africa > Western Africa
This brief descriptive article is an introduction to the culture and society of the Muslim Hausa of northern Nigeria. It includes standard anthropological topical coverage with sections on economy, territorial organization, political organization, ki...The affairs of DauraBook 1978 • Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)
Hausa • Africa > Western Africa
Smith presents the political history of Daura Emirate, Nigeria beginning with the Muslim jihad of 1804. The 1804 jihad was primarily a Fulani jihad, and the Fulani took over the control of the formerly Hausa government of Daura after their successful...Cosmology, practice, and social organization among the Kadara and Kagoroarticle 1982 • Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)
Katab • Africa > Western Africa
This is a comparison of Kagoro and Kadara (FF34) religion and social organization. Both groups are organized into exogamous, localized patrilineages with only a village-level political organization, and practice polygamy, serial polyandry, and wife-a...Secondary marriage in northern Nigeriaarticle 1953 • Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)
Katab • Africa > Western Africa
This is a look at marriage practices among the Kagoro and Kadara (FF34). The author makes the case that marriages play an important role along with religious rituals in maintaining social organization. Both groups are organized into localized, exogam...Kagoro political developmentarticle 1960 • Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)
Katab • Africa > Western Africa
In this article the author examines the sociopolitical development of Kagoro, from a traditional multi-village level society integrated by shared religious ceremonies and marriage practices, to a failed chiefdom imposed by the British colonial office...West Indian family structurebook chapter 1962 • Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)
Jamaicans • Middle America and the Caribbean > Caribbean
This is a demographic study of the types of household structures and mating patterns in West Indian societies. The survey includes rural and urban sample from Grenada and Jamaica; all those sampled are rural peasants or urban lower class. The author ...The economy of Hausa communities of ZariaBook 1955 • Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield) et al.
Hausa • Africa > Western Africa
This monograph concerning the Hausa of Zaria Province in Nigeria, is a pioneering study of the Hausa. The monograph is cast within the framework of British social anthropology, which is to say a strictly functionalist approach. Hence, the various sec...