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Studies of liminality have a long history in anthropology. In archaeology, identifying past people - rather than faceless entities - through material culture is still a work in progress, but a project that has seen increased attention in recent years. Focusing on West Africa, this book argues that we should explore what happens when the primary label assigned to a person's identity is that of an outsider - when he or she is of, but not in, society

Preliminary Material /A. Haour and B. Rossi -- 1. Hausa Identity: Language, History And Religion /Anne Haour and Benedetta Rossi -- 2. The Role Of Comparative/Historical Linguistics In Reconstructing The Past: What Borrowed And Inherited Words Tell Us About The Early History Of Hausa /Philip J. Jaggar -- 3. Ancient Labels And Categories: Exploring The 'Onomastics' Of Kano /Murray Last -- 4. More Rural Than Urban? The Religious Content And Functions Of Hausa Proverbs And Hausa Verbal Compounds /Joseph McIntyre -- 5. Being And Becoming Hausa In Ader /Benedetta Rossi -- 6. Kufan Kanawa, Niger: The Former Kano? /Anne Haour -- 7. Kirfi, Bauchi: An Archaeological Investigation Of The Hausa Landscape /Abubakar Sule Sani -- 8. The Hausa Textile Industry: Origins And Development In The Precolonial Period /Marisa Candotti -- 9. Clothing And Identity: How Can Museum Collections Of Hausa Textiles Contribute To Understanding The Notion Of Hausa Identity? /Sarah Worden -- 10. God Made Me A Rapper: Young Men, Islam, And Survival In An Age Of Austerity /Adeline Masquelier -- 11. Engendering A Hausa Vernacular Christian Practice /Barbara Cooper -- 12. Hausa As A Process In Time And Space /John E.G. Sutton -- Index /A. Haour and B. Rossi.