The Kano ‘Mosque-Tower’ or ḥaṣūmiyā: The creation of a myth
The paper concerns a widely held belief that the ‘great’ Kano ‘mosque-tower’ was of considerable age when demolished in 1938 and that it dated probably from the nineteenth century, or even earlier. Apart from brief references in the Kano Chronicle (kc), (and in another Kano ‘king-list’ published by...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Islamic Africa
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 90-110 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hausa traditional architecture
B African continent B Nigeria |
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