by Fulera Issaka-Toure
The over 250-page book, authored by the esteemed feminist scholar known for her critical works on Muslim women in Africa, Ousseina D. Alidou, a distinguished professor at Rutgers University, is a must-read for both specialists and non-specialists. In Protest Arts, Gender, and Social Change: Fiction, Popular Songs, and the Media in Hausa Society across Borders, Alidou has come out with another groundbreaking work on gender, protest and social change and transformation.
After a thorough reading, several issues for critical reflection arise. The first is the question: What is Hausa? The book raises important questions about the meaning of Hausa and what is embedded in Hausaness. These two are entangled with several ideas from folklore, cultural heritage, nativity, colonial
history and colonial experience.
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