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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

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

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/CBO9780511521164

African 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/10.4324/9780203422571

This 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

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

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