Concubines and power five hundred years in a Northern Nigerian palace / Heidi J. Nast ; foreword by Hausatu Abba Ado Bayero.

Author/creator Nast, Heidi J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Descriptionxxx, 245 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Contents Grain treasuries and children : royal concubines in the 1500s and 1600s -- Fecundity, indigo dyeing, and the gendering of eunuchs -- Great transformations : expropriation and fulani rule -- Concubine losses and male gains -- British colonial abolition of slavery and concubinage.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.
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LCCN 2004020159
ISBN0816641536 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816641544 (pb : alk. paper)