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Hausa Names and Naming Traditions

by Abu-Ubaida Sani , Adamu Rabi'u Bakura
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9786209757471
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
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  • Pages: 340
  • Original Price: USD 123.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 454 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

The contemporary landscape of Hausa personal nomenclature does not represent a static tradition but rather the culmination of complex sociolinguistic evolution. Anthroponymic scholarship reveals that Hausa naming conventions have traversed multiple developmental phases, each reflecting broader cultural and ideological shifts within West African societies. This evolutionary course encompasses both endogenous transformations (such as semantic drift in indigenous names) and exogenous influences, particularly through contact with Islamic and later Western epistemologies. It also has to do with acculturation of the Hausas with other ethnic groups (such as Kanuri, Fulani, etc.).

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