Beverly B Mack

Muslim Women Sing

Hausa Popular Song

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beverly B. Mack is Associate Professor in the Department of African and African-American Studies at the University of Kansas. She is author (with Jean Boyd) of One Woman¿s Jihad: Nana Asma¿u, Scholar and Scribe (IUP, 2000).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780253025494
• ISBN-10: 0253025494
• Artikelnr.: 45002980

Autorenporträt

Beverly B. Mack

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1. The Singers and Their World
1. "Every Woman Sings"
Profile One: Hauwa Gwaram, Hausa Poet
2. "The Song Is Poetry's Domain": Tradition and Islam
Profile Two: Hajiya Yar Shehu, Hausa Poet
3. Performing Artists: Poets and Singers
Profile Three: Maizargadi, Praise Singer in the Royal Court of Kano
4. Metaphor
Profile Four: Hajiya Faji and Hauwa Mai Duala, Hausa Singers
5. The Social Functions of Hausa Women's Creativity
Profile Five: Barmani Maimuna Choge and Binta Katsina, Hausa Singers
6. Oral and Written Hausa Poetry
Part 2: Songs and Poems
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index