Concubines and power : five hundred years in a Northern Nigerian palace /

The palace of Kano, Nigeria historically housed hundreds of concubines whose influence has been largely overlooked. In Concubines and Power, Heidi J. Nast demonstrates how human-geographical methods can tell us about a place bereft of archaeological work or primary sources. Social forces undoubtedly...

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Main Author: Nast, Heidi J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2005.
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