Hausa (African people)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85059316
- info:lc/authorities/sh85059316
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85059316#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Abakwariga (African people)
- Afuno (African people)
- Haoussa (African people)
- Hausaawaa (African people)
- Hausas
- Hausawa (African people)
- Haussa (African people)
- Hawsa (African people)
- Mgbakpa (African people)
Broader Terms
- Ethnology--Niger
- Ethnology--Nigeria
Narrower Terms
- Gobir (African people)
- Mawri (African people)
Earlier Established Forms
- Hausas
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Royal Scottish Museum. The Hausa of northern Nigeria, 1981.
- found: Murdock, G.P. Outline of world cultures, 1983: p. 99.
- found: Pearson, R. Anthro. glossary, 1985.
- found: Web. 3.
- found: Cooper, B.M. Marriage in Maradi, 1997.
- found: African ethonyms: p. 156 (Hausa (Hausaawaa, Afuno))
- found: Ethnologue: p. 278 (Hausa (Hausawa, Haoussa, Abakwariga, Mgbakpa))
- found: Voegelin lang.: p. 107 (Hausa (Hausaawaa, Afuno) Nigeria, Niger)
- found: Pasian, m. Anthropologie du rituel de possession Bori en milieu hawsa au Niger, c2010.
LC Classification
- DT515.45.H38
- DT547.45.H38
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2011-09-02: revised

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