IDNO

T.172889.PH

Description

On Manual Listing: "Batagarawa and neighbourhood - the Katsina village which is the subject of 'Rural Hausa'.
27. The interesting old man Abubakar Labo (b.1880), see R.H [Rural Hausa]." [Hill's caption]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Northern Nigeria; Katsina State; Batagarawa

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Abubakar Labo

Photographer

Hill, Polly

Collector / Expedition

Date

1967

Collection Name

Polly Hill Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.172863.PH - T.173051.PH were located in a cardboard box, now numbered C773/.

T.172863.PH - T.172925.PH were located in a cream envelope, now numbered C773/1.

Bibliographical Reference: In Hill, P. 1972. 'Rural Hausa : a village and a setting'. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) Hill writes "Abubakar Labo. Abubakar Labo of Kaukai (q.v.) who was a most valued informant in 1967 and 1968 on long-distance trading (fatauci), the tobacco trade, slavery, the cowry currency, the history of markets, and other historical matters, was in Damagaram (Zinder) with his father (Geshe), who was a famous caravan-leader, during the reign of Sarki Ahmadu (1893-9)." [LB 16/07/2024]