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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Author / Creator: O'Rourke, Harmony (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2017.
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