Hausa literature
(1997)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (1997). Hausa literature. In J. Middleton (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara (8-9). Charles Scribner's Sons
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Mobilise the people: the qasida in Fulfulde and Hausa as purposive literature (1996)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G., & Boyd, J. (1996). Mobilise the people: the qasida in Fulfulde and Hausa as purposive literature. In S. Sperl, & C. Shackle (Eds.), Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa, Vol. 1: Classical Traditions and Modern Meanings (429-449). Brill
Poetry, Prose and Popular Culture in Hausa (1996)
Book
Furniss, G. (1996). Poetry, Prose and Popular Culture in Hausa. Edinburgh University Press ; Smithsonian; Ibadan University Pres
Ma'ama'are (1996)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (1996). Ma'ama'are. In S. Sperl, & C. Shackle (Eds.), Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa, Vol 2: Eulogy's Bounty, Meaning's Abundance. An Anthology (372-87). Brill
The power of words and the relations between Hausa genres (1995)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (1995). The power of words and the relations between Hausa genres. In G. Furniss, & L. Gunner (Eds.), Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature (130-44). Cambridge University Press ; Wits Press
The Hausa contractor: the image of an entrepreneur (1995)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (1995). The Hausa contractor: the image of an entrepreneur. In S. Ellis, & Y. Faure (Eds.), Entreprises et entrepreneurs africains (229-38). Karthala
Ideology in Practice: Hausa Poetry as Exposition of Values and Viewpoints (1995)
Book
Furniss, G. (1995). Ideology in Practice: Hausa Poetry as Exposition of Values and Viewpoints. Ruediger Koeppe Verlag
Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature (1995)
Book
Furniss, G. (1995). G. Furniss, & L. Gunner (Eds.). Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature. Cambridge University Press ; Johannesburg: Wits Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511521164African oral literature, like other forms of popular culture, is not merely folksy, domestic entertainment but a domain in which individuals in a variety of social roles are free to comment on power relations in society. It can also be a significant... Read More about Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature.
Power, marginality and oral literature (1995)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G., & Gunner, L. (1995). Power, marginality and oral literature. In G. Furniss, & L. Gunner (Eds.), Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature (1-19). Cambridge University Press ; Wits Press
Mervyn Hiskett, 1920-1994 (1994)
Journal Article
Furniss, G., & Hunwick, J. (1994). Mervyn Hiskett, 1920-1994. Sudanic Africa (Trykt utg.), 5, 1-6
African Languages, Development and the State (1994)
Book
Fardon, R., & Furniss, G. (Eds.). (1994). African Languages, Development and the State. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203422571This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy statements and their pragmatic outcomes is a far more serious problem for future development
Frontiers and boundaries - African languages as political environment (1994)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G., & Fardon, R. (1994). Frontiers and boundaries - African languages as political environment. In R. Fardon, & G. Furniss (Eds.), African Languages, Development and the State (1-32). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203422571-4
Pattern, interaction and the non-dialogic in performance by Hausa rap artists (1994)
Journal Article
Furniss, G., & Ahmad, S. B. (1994). Pattern, interaction and the non-dialogic in performance by Hausa rap artists. Oral tradition, 9(1), 113-35
Hausa poetry (1993)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (1993). Hausa poetry. In A. Preminger, & T. V. F. Brogan (Eds.), The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (496-497). Princeton University Press
Oral culture and the making of meaning (1992)
Journal Article
Furniss, G. (1992). Oral culture and the making of meaning. African Affairs, 91(363), 271-6. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098493
A note on Hausa literature and R C Abraham (1992)
Journal Article
Furniss, G. (1992). A note on Hausa literature and R C Abraham. African languages and cultures, supp 1, 43-50
'De la fantaisie a la realite dans la litterature haoussa en prose' suivi de 'Pourquoi etudier la poesie haoussa?' (1991)
Journal Article
Furniss, G. (1991). 'De la fantaisie a la realite dans la litterature haoussa en prose' suivi de 'Pourquoi etudier la poesie haoussa?'. Travaux et documents - Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire, 31, 1-21
Hausa language studies: the present (1991)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (1991). Hausa language studies: the present. In A. Rufai (Ed.), Nigerian Languages Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (19-25). Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages
An early twentieth-century Hausa song: 'Wakar kuyangin Sokoto' (1991)
Journal Article
Furniss, G. (1991). An early twentieth-century Hausa song: 'Wakar kuyangin Sokoto'. Harsunan Nijeriya, 16, 47-60
Burlesque in Hausa: 'And my text for today is food' said Mr Matches (1991)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (1991). Burlesque in Hausa: 'And my text for today is food' said Mr Matches. In P. Baxter, & R. Fardon (Eds.), Voice, Genre, Text: Anthropological Essays in Africa and Beyond (37-62). John Rylands University Library of Manchester