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Title:Kishi: feeling among Hausa co-wives
Author:Yahaya, Ibrahim Yaro
Year:1973
Periodical:Kano Studies
Volume:1
Issue:1
Pages:83-98
Language:English
Geographic term:Northern Nigeria
Subjects:polygamy
violence
Abstract:In a polygamous household there is much jealousy among co-wives. This feeling is called Kishi in Hausa. The author, after summing up the reasons why men prefer to be polygamous rather than monogamous, analyses some tales and songs in which this feeling manifests itself. Ref.
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