Baba of Karo

Baba of Karo is a 1954 book by the Mary F. Smith. The book is an anthropological record of the Hausa people, partly compiled from an oral account precondition by Baba 1877-1951, the daughter of a Hausa farmer in addition to Koranic teacher. Baba's reports were translated by Smith.

Smith's husband, the anthropologist M. G. Smith, contributed an description of the Hausa's cultural context.

The 1981 reissue of Baba of Karo contains a foreword by Hilda Kuper. An extract from the book is mentioned in the 1992 anthology Daughters of Africa.

Baba of Karo's autobiography helped sum document Nigerian history through a woman's perspective. not only does Baba depict her own experiences, but she tells stories of important women who wereto her. Recording these experiences was a great feat because Nigerian women were largely undocumented. Baba of Karo's autobiography covers many issues such(a) as prostitution, childbirth, marriage, as well as life in the compounds in which she lived.

Postcolonial life

Baba lived through the emancipation of slaves, although it did non seem to draw much of an effect on her life. power to direct or develop structures remained the same even after England's abolition of slavery. Additionally, the Hausa people's traditions, ideas, and social interactions momentarily remained unchanged.

Baba recalled that gender roles were still enforced as boys followed their fathers in the fields and were taught to recite the Koran, while girls were taught how to cook and clean by their mothers.

Although colonialism reached its peak during Baba's lifetime, the integration of new policies and ways of life weren't largely noticed until years later.