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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
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. |