Hausa people
Western Africa Nigeria, 15th century originated
Hausa factor Hausa ethnic unit
colonizing entity (not tribal society),
use the language, dress, live in Hausa lang proper, claim to be Hausa, muslim
Hausa language
dispersed widely, commercial traders for western Africa, adopt language to engage in Trade
Hausa political structure
Hausa kingdom ruled by chief (Sarki), 7 kingdoms or states that are ethnically pure (Bicni), sub districts ruled by nobles, islamic scholars (writing is advantage) so rising muslim influences
Sarki
chief ruled Hausa kingdom
Bicni
States or kingdoms, 7
Usmam
(why muslim identification changed, exposure to Hausa makes more devout Muslims) Muhammmad Fodio son Usmam (prophet) lived in worthless not pure state needed a holy war to get rid of corrupt practices in the not pure states (usmam devout muslim and smart)
Fulami group
(why muslim identification changed, more devout muslim) Against the holy warm, Sokoto - traditional Hausa kingdoms maintained identity to ruler by by Fulami conquerors
Britain & Hausa
Moved into Nigeria to conquer, indirect rule by recognizing the sovereignty of Britain and the ruling elites maintained power(transferred loyalty to Britain)
Maguzana Hausa
Not pure, Paegan didn't convert to muslim when everyone else did, missionaries from Britain
Islam
Koran (holy book), words of Koran are words from God in arabic (god's language), islam means surrender to word of god
Five pillars of being Muslim (believer)
Fulfill the obligations God grants you eternal life
1. only one god Allah, Muhammad is prophet, Koran is message
2. prayer facing mecca correctly
3. fast through holy month of Ramadan
4. Pilgrimage to mecca at least once (Haji, Al-Haji successfully done p
Hausa social life
house (gida), compound is mud brick walls (entry way for visitors), economic stability for women to not work (women secluded in compound), market days for village, entrepreneurs, Savannah (countryside, little rainfall and humid) so mud huts trap the heat
Medical beliefs of Hausa; concepts
grounded in Hausa beliefs that function situationally (specific case of specific illness)
CONCEPTS:
-generalized notion of proper state of affairs of equilibrium
-illness is disruption of normal order
-repositories of power that can be used to restore hea
Lafiya
'okayness' balance and order; used in greetings; bodily well being and health
Karfi
Strength, energy, motive power behind Laifya, have to have strength to have well being
Ciwo
illness/disease/pain, absence of Lafiya (focuses on symptoms, subjective complaints NOT abstract disease concepts)
Symptomalogy
(Ciwo is the disease), the symptoms are your disease, don't understand the structure or function of human body so they think in terms of symptoms; unverifiable presuppositions about the cause of illness
Causation of diseases (3)
-human agency
-action of spiritual or supernatural beings
-natural diseases
-Hausa has all three even though it's usual just western medicine that has 'natural diseases' section
What causes disruption in Lafiya Hausa? Due to... (2)
1. inanimate unconscious forces in physical environment (common)
2. intrusion from conscious power (more serious)
Ciwon Allah
inanimate unconscious forces in physical environment, exist because God made the world this way
Ciwon Miyagu
illnesses from evil forces (sorcery and witch craft)