From Slavery to Aid
From Slavery to Aid

Author: Benedetta Rossi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-08-25

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 1107119057

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This book explores transformations in the relationship between ecology, politics and labour in the Nigerien Sahel over two centuries.

Bibliographic Guide to East Asian Studies
Bibliographic Guide to East Asian Studies

Author: New York Public Library Staff

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1996-07

Total Pages: 684

ISBN-13: 9780783813202

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An aid for reseaching non-western cultures, the Bibliographic Guide to East Asian Studies covers Japan, China, North and South Korea, Honk Kong, and Taiwan, with approximately 3,500 listings from LC MARC tapes and the Oriental Division of The New York Public Library. It includes publications about East Asia; materials published in any of the relevant countries; and publications in the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. Listings are transcribed into Anglicised characters. Each entry provides complete bibliographic information, along with the NYPL and/or LC call numbers.

Collected Works of Nana Asma'u, Daughter of Usman Dan Fodiyo, (1793-1864)
Collected Works of Nana Asma'u, Daughter of Usman Dan Fodiyo, (1793-1864)

Author: Nana Asma'u

Publisher: MSU Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 794

ISBN-13:

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Nana Asma'u Bint Usman 'dan Fodiyo, a nineteenth-century Muslim scholar, lived in the region now known as northern Nigeria and was an eyewitness to battles of the largest of the West-African jihads of the era. The preparation and conduct of the jihad provide the topics for Nana Asma'u's poetry. Her work also includes treatises on history, law, mysticism, theology, and politics, and was heavily influenced by the Arabic poetic tradition. This volume contains annotated translations of works by the 19th century intellectual giant, Nana Asma'u, including 54 poems and prose texts. Asma'u rallied public opinion behind a movement devoted to the revival of Islam in West Africa, and organized a public education system for women.