IDNO

T.172977.PH

Description

On Manual Listing: "Rural Kano Negs 28 to 91Q'.
84. Locust beans - see R.H [Rural Hausa]." [Hill's caption]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Northern Nigeria; Kano

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Hill, Polly

Collector / Expedition

Date

June 1972

Collection Name

Polly Hill Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.773001.PH - T.773189.PH were located in a cardboard box, now numbered C773/.

T.172926.PH - T.172999.PH were located in a brown envelope, now numbered C773/2.

Bibliographical Reference: In Hill, P. 1972. 'Rural Hausa : a village and a setting'. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) pp.282.
"Magaji Locust bean - dorawa (dorowa), pi. dorayi (Parkia filicoidea). The locust-bean tree is very common in N. Nigeria, extending (according to Dalziel) to 14oN, being the most typical tree of the savannah parkland. The elaborately processed and fermented seeds or beans (kalwa) are made into strongly smelling blackish cakes or balls (daddawa, q.v.) which are an almost indispensable ingredient of Hausa (as of Nupe) cooking." [LB 14/08/2024]