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Hausa Names and Naming Traditions

Hausa Names and Naming Traditions

Paperback

General World History

ISBN10: 6209757472
ISBN13: 9786209757471
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published: Mar 16 2026
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The contemporary landscape of Hausa personal nomenclature does not represent a static tradition but rather the culmination of complex sociolinguistic evolution. Anthroponymic scholarship reveals that Hausa naming conventions have traversed multiple developmental phases, each reflecting broader cultural and ideological shifts within West African societies. This evolutionary course encompasses both endogenous transformations (such as semantic drift in indigenous names) and exogenous influences, particularly through contact with Islamic and later Western epistemologies. It also has to do with acculturation of the Hausas with other ethnic groups (such as Kanuri, Fulani, etc.).

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