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Hausa communities abroad: Sabon Gari, zongos and the Atlantic
For centuries Hausa traders have settled where the roads lead. Their quarters, called Sabon Gari or zongo, are small Hausa worlds inside other people’s cities.
A new town beside an old one, a camp that became a quarter and a captive in Bahia: this chapter follows Hausa people who settled far from home, and how they built communities in other people’s cities.
In this chapter
01Why Hausa people travel
Caravans, cattle and why Hausa traders settled in Yoruba country.
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02Sabon Gari in Ibadan
How Ibadan’s Sabon Gari got a Sarkin Hausawa, a Waziri and thirty landlords.
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03Who counts as Hausa?
Ethnicity as a tool: who is called Hausa, and by whom.
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04Zongos: Hausa quarters in Ghana
From the Hausa zango to the zongos of Accra and Kumasi.
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05Hausa captives in the Atlantic world
Hausa captives in Bahia and the revolts of 1807 to 1835.
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06Hausa communities today
Hausa speakers from Maradi to the Gulf, and what holds them together.
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