Hadija's story : diaspora, gender, and belonging in the Cameroon Grassfields /
In 1952, a woman named Hadija was brought to trial in an Islamic courtroom in the Cameroon Grassfields on a charge of bigamy. Quickly, however, the court proceedings turned to the question of whether she had been the wife or the slave-concubine of her deceased husband. In tandem with other court cas...
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2017. |
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