Hausa ‘Native’ Speakers and the Racialisation of Knowledge Production

The colonial encounter between the Hausa and the British produced multiple layers of experiences both for the coloniser and the colonised. In addition to its violent history of conquest and domination, it created a ‘text’ of learning through which ideas of ‘mixing truth with falsehood’ were presente...

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Published in:Journal of Asian and African studies (Leiden) 2021-11, Vol.56 (7), p.1678-1691
Main Author: Buba, Malami
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colonialism
Epistemology
Racialization
Truth
Weaving
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Summary:The colonial encounter between the Hausa and the British produced multiple layers of experiences both for the coloniser and the colonised. In addition to its violent history of conquest and domination, it created a ‘text’ of learning through which ideas of ‘mixing truth with falsehood’ were presented, localised and propagated as counterweight to the dominant Muslim epistemology. Mediating and navigating these spaces require deeper understanding and the skilful weaving of divergent epistemologies of the world. In this article, the role of the ‘native speaker’ as a cultural broker is explored.
ISSN:0021-9096
1745-2538
DOI:10.1177/0021909620984493