Harmony O Rourke: 1 book

Book cover of Hadija's Story

Hadija's Story

Diaspora, Gender, and Belonging in the Cameroon Grassfields

by Harmony O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017

In 1952, a woman named Hadija was brought to trial in an Islamic courtroom in the Cameroon Grassfields on a charge of bigamy. Quickly, however, the court proceedings turned to the question of whether she had been the wife or the slave-concubine of her deceased husband. In tandem with other court cases...
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