ISBN-13: 9783846559703 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 56 str.
This book, Hausa Songs and Shariah Implementation, focuses on the influence of Shariah implementation on Hausa oral songs. The book classifies oral songs into two major categories: Pre-Shariah and Post- Shariah songs. Pre-Shariah songs are many and free, in their diction, from Shariah influence in handling topics that is either of childbirth, marriage, farming, polygamy or death. Religious references are either unconsciously or connotatively used in pre-Shariah songs. Post-Shariah songs are minimized and restricted by Shariah policy. This is seen in the post-Shariah songs, which are directly, or indirectly religiously conscious. The book presents Sub-genres of Pre-Shariah and Post-Shariah oral songs with adequate examples. It also defines the position of oral songs and that of oral singers. The book established the fact that Shariah policy has not only changed the diction of the Post-Shariah songs but also the lives of oral artistes and public function.