Becoming Hausa: Ethnic Identity Change and Its Implications for the Study of Ethnic Pluralism and Stratification

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Title:	Becoming Hausa: Ethnic Identity Change and Its Implications for the Study of Ethnic Pluralism and Stratification
Author:	Salamone, Frank A.
Year:	1975
Periodical:	Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:	45
Issue:	4
Pages:	410-424
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	acculturation Hausa Gungawa Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Ethnic and Race Relations
External links:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/1159454 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1975-045-00-000032
Abstract:	Focuses on a specific example of ethnic identity change, that of the Gungawa of Yauri Emirate, North-Western State, Nigeria, who have long had a pattern of 'becoming' Hausa. Sections: statement of the problem - location background of interethnic relationships between Hausa and Gungawa - structural factors influencing interethnic relationships - islamic conversion - analysis and conclusions. Conclusion is that groups change their ethnic identity if such a change promotes their interests: the Gungawa changed their identity by conversion to Islam, to maximize their economic and educational opportunities. Bibl., résumé en français in Africa, 46(1976), 1, p. 99.