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Heidi J. Nast
Foreword by Hausatu Abba Ado Bayero
Copyright Date: 2005
Edition: NED - New edition
Published
by: University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 276
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttttqrv
Book Description:
The palace of Kano, Nigeria historically housed hundreds of concubines whose influence has been largely overlooked. In Concubines and Power, Heidi J. Nast demonstrates how human-geographical methods can tell us about a place bereft of archaeological work or primary sources. Social forces undoubtedly shaped concubinage, but Nast shows how the women’s reach extended beyond the palace walls to the formation of the state itself._x000B_
eISBN: 978-0-8166-9482-2
Subjects: Anthropology