Hausa Women and Islam

Discusses the effects of islamization on the women of a single group, the Hausa. Compared is the position of women in two Hausa subcultural groups in a single village area or subdistrict in North Central State, Nigeria: a Muslim group which consists of the inhabitants of a Muslim village (with the fictitious name ‘Wurinsalla’ or ‘Prayer-Place’) of approximately 600, and a non-Muslim group which consists of the Maguzawa Hausa living in the bush surrounding the village. The three major areas in which the Maguzawa differ from the villagers are settlement pattern, social status, and economic organization. Sections: Significant aspects of the Wurinsalla subculture – Significant aspects of the Maguzawa subculture – An evaluation. Notes.