Book

Gods and goods in Africa: persistence and change in ethnic and religious identity in Yauri Emirate, North-Western State, Nigeria

Human Relations Area Files, Inc. • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 1974 • Pages: 2 v. ii, 308 leaves

By: Salamone, Frank A..

Abstract

In this study, Salamone analyzes the mechanisms through which ethnic groups in Nigeria maintain or modify their ethnic identities. He concentrates primary attention on the Dukawa and the Gungawa of the Yauri Emirate, North-Western State, Nigeria, and on the their relations with the Hausa, which he describes as the ruling group within Yauri. For comparative purposes, he presents data on the Kamberi and the Shangawa, two non-Hausa groups, as well as on several other groups, including the Maguzawa, a non-Muslim Hausa group in Zaria Province, and the Hausa of Ibadan, Nigeria. Key findings concern the change in ethnic status from Gungawa to Hausa that has occurred and the resistence to changing ethnic status displayed by the Dukawa. Salamone presents information on the Hausa of Ibadan to facilitate his discription of the processes involved in the shifting of ethnic boundaries.

HRAF PubDate

1997

Region

Africa

Sub Region

Western Africa

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Ronald N. Johnson ; 1996

Field Date

1970, 1972

Coverage Date

ca. 1800-1972

Coverage Place

Yauri Emirate, North-Western State, Nigeria

Notes

Frank A. Salamone

Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 272-286)

LCCN

82200914

LCSH

Hausa (African people)