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Katsina (kätsē`nə, kät`sĭnə), city (1991 est. pop. 182,000), N Nigeria, near the Niger frontier. The city, surrounded by a wall 13 mi (21 km) long, is the trade center for an agricultural region where guinea corn and millet are grown for home consumption, and peanuts, cotton, and hides are produced commercially. The city has a steel-rolling and vegetable oil mills. Leather handicrafts are made in Katsina. In the 17th and 18th cent. it was the largest of the seven Hausa Hausa States. Long the vassals of Bornu , the states were conquered by the Songhay in 1513 and by the Fulani in the early 19th cent. In colonial Nigeria the traditional Hausa-Fulani social and political structure was largely maintained under the British policy of indirect rule. ..... Click the link for more information. city-states and the cultural and commercial center of Hausaland. In 1807, Katsina was conquered by the Fulani Fulani (f ..... Click the link for more information. and lost to Kano Kano (kä`nō), city (1991 est. pop. 595,000), N Nigeria. ..... Click the link for more information. its preeminent position among Hausa cities. The city is the site of Katsina Training College and Gobaru Tower mosque. KatsinaCity (pop., 1991: 259,315), northern Nigeria. Probably founded c. 1100, it was the capital of the kingdom of Katsina, one of the earliest Hausa states, and an ancient centre of learning. The city's Fulani emirs retain traditional and advisory roles. It is a market for local agricultural products as well as a centre for traditional crafts and industry. Katsina a city in N Nigeria, in Kaduna state: a major intellectual and cultural centre of the Hausa people (16th--18th centuries). Pop.: 530 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In "Art and Knowledge," the three case studies focus on meaning and memory; one study is on the universe of cultural information embedded within Moche ceramics and revealed through archaeological excavations and art historical analysis; another on the transmission of memory and history through the painting of a clan house in Papua New Guinea; and a third on the integral role that katsina figures play in Hopi lives past and present. Imbruglia met with the Emir of Katsina and the Wambai of Kano (second-in-command). ``People always come here (to the museum) to see the usual things, the katsina dolls and baskets; they're not aware that this whole experience happened,'' said Heard Museum spokeswoman Dana McGuinness. |
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