Grain treasuries and children : royal concubines in the 1500s and 1600s -- Fecundity, indigo dyeing, and the gendering of eunuchs -- Great transformations : expropriation and fulani rule -- Concubine losses and male gains -- British colonial abolition of slavery and concubinage
Summary
The palace of Kano, Nigeria historically housed hundreds of concubines whose influence has been largely overlooked. In Concubines and Power, Heidi J. Nast demonstrates how human-geographical methods can tell us about a place bereft of archaeological work or primary sources. Social forces undoubtedly shaped concubinage, but Nast shows how the womens reach extended beyond the palace walls to the formation of the state itself
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index
