Nimatullahi Ize Hussein

Hidden Economies: Women's Economic Agency and Seclusion in Hausaland, 1804 to Present

Since the 1804 Sokoto jihad, female seclusion (kulle) has structured women's economic life in the Muslim emirates of Northern Nigeria, confining married women to the household while official records registered only public, male-dominated production. This study investigates how wo...

Hidden Economies: Women's Economic Agency and Seclusion in Hausaland, 1804 to Present

Since the 1804 Sokoto jihad, female seclusion (kulle) has structured women's economic life in the Muslim emirates of Northern Nigeria, confining married women to the household while official records registered only public, male-dominated production. This study investigates how wo...