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Hausaland: Or, Fifteen Hundred Miles through the Central Soudan

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Hausaland: Or, Fifteen Hundred Miles through the Central Soudan
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Charles Henry Robinson
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - African Studies
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreHistorical geography
Classic travel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9781108031240
ClassificationsDewey:916.24043
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations 17 Plates, black and white; 2 Maps; 14 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 19 May 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Charles Henry Robinson (1861-1925) was a Cambridge scholar who, during the 1890s, published several books on the language, literature and culture of the Hausa people of West Africa. This study, published in 1896, documents his pioneering fieldwork during which, in three months, he travelled 1500 miles across rivers, mountains, villages and towns. Public interest in the Hausa was high at the time, due to their recruitment as troops by Britain in the Ashanti conflict, and by France to consolidate French power in Madagascar. However, Robinson argues against the perception of the Hausa as primarily a warlike people, despite their formidable strength in battle. In this vivid account of his time among them, he portrays the Hausa as successful traders who excelled above all in commercial endeavours. Exploring enterprises from textiles and tobacco to hunting and river transportation, Robinson gives fascinating first-hand insights into this important African community.