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.
Subjects
Ethnic stratification
Status, role, and prestige
Regulation of marriage
Missions
General character of religion
Acculturation and culture contact
culture
Hausa
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)