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Pp. 56–58, cross-referencing omitted) Section 5, ‘Notes on Muslim Law’, mostly concerning marriage-related issues in combination with the additional, Sokoto dialect final section on ‘Marriage and Divorce’, present a further typification of Hausa ways of doing things. The presentation reinforces for the foreign reader first the notion that there are intricate and complex aspects to Hausa social life, and second that these customs have a widespread, normative function that further adds to the definition of ‘Hausa’.
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There is no direct evidence, but this was the period in which Sir Hugh Clifford, Governor of Nigeria, was mounting an attack on the Lugardian policies of indirect rule in general, and against what was seen as victimisation of the non-Muslim areas in favour of the Muslim Emirates. This policy was in particular to be carried out far more thoroughly in the 1930s under Governor Cameron, at this point Clifford’s Civil Secretary, but no matter the North felt the pressure. We can safely assume that Abraham’s mission was a sop on the part of Kaduna to Clifford and his progressive policies.
