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Title:The origin of the name 'Hausa'
Author:Skinner, N.ISNI
Year:1968
Periodical:Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:38
Issue:3
Pages:253-257
Language:English
Geographic term:Northern Nigeria
Subjects:ethnological names
etymology
External links:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1157217
https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1968-038-00-000018
Abstract:Offering a solution to the problem of the origin of the name 'Hausa' the author compares the Hausa language with that of Songhai. The Songhai word for 'east' is 'hausa'. 'Hausa' also has the connotations of 'left bank of river' and 'bush' and it may be that for Songhai-speakers there was an added, pejorative significance of 'bushmen'. Originally a Songhai word for 'savages' the term 'Hausa' became for the Afunawa, in a period of new national consciousness, the designation of their national entity. Notes, French summary.
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