The monumental palace of Kano, Nigeria, was built circa 1500 and is today inhabited by more than one thousand persons. Historically, its secluded interior housed hundreds of concubines whose role in the politics, economics, and culture of Kano city-state has been largely overlooked. In this pioneering work, Heidi J. Nast demonstrates how human-geographical methods can tell us much about a site like the palace, a place bereft of archaeological work or relevant primary sources. Drawing on extensive ethnographic work and mapping data, "Concubines and Power presents new evidence that palace...
The monumental palace of Kano, Nigeria, was built circa 1500 and is today inhabited by more than one thousand persons. Historically, its secluded inte...
Drawing on her field work in the palace between 1988 and 2003, Nast (international studies, DePaul U., Chicago) presents a historical geographical account of royal concubinage in the monumental palace of Kano, Nigeria, built about 1500 and today inhabited by over a thousand people. Her study demonstrates how human geographical methods can be used i
Drawing on her field work in the palace between 1988 and 2003, Nast (international studies, DePaul U., Chicago) presents a historical geographical acc...
