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Nigeria. Musique Haoussa: Traditions de l'Émirat de Kano / Nigeria. Hausa Music: Traditions of the Emirate of Kano. 2006. INEDIT / Maison des Cultures du Monde W 260124. Recorded by Pierre Bois. Annotated by Françoise Gründ, Pierre Bois, and Ali Bature. 19 pp. of notes in French and English. English translation by Frank Kane. 4 colour, 7 b/w photographs. 1 compact disc, 13 tracks (61:17).
Praise songs play a significant role in delineating social hierarchies in Hausa land, a society in which social status is linked to factors of birth, gender, and occupational...