1996
219 pp.
2 maps, 34 facsimile illustrations, 14 tables, 4 diagrams
Text language: English
Following the first report of the working group BOLDU (Report I) on ethnological, ethno-linguistic and geographical areas of the Bole culture (volume 7 of this series, see link below), the BOLDU Report II is dedicated to the history of this northern Nigerian people (subgroup West Chadic A.2). For the first time, the history of the Bole (Girgam), written in Maghrebinian-Arabic, is represented in a facsimile reproduction of the original manuscript, an Arabic edition and a critical translation. Furthermore, the author offers a differentiated linguistic analysis and the comparison with further historical material.
On the basis of these considerations, the author tries to date the manuscript and the terms of office of some rulers exactly. A thorough examination of the lists of kings offers new insights to the last 600 years of the Bole. A description of the fates of a side line of the reigning dynasty completes the first part of the study. Part II contains an important contribution on the history of the Fika emirate during 1903 and 1904. The focus lies on social and economic changes before and during the British colonial time.
CONTENTS
Part I:
Girgam – the History of the Bole (Fika) People
by Dymitr Ibriszimow
Introduction
Other Translations and Versions of the Bole History
Characteristics of the Manuscript Ibriszimow/Gimba
Girgam – Facsimile, Arabic Edition, English Translation
by Dymitr Ibriszimow & Sabri Salama
Notes to the English Translation
by Dymitr Ibriszimow & Sabri Salama
A Comparison with other Translations of the Girgam (Palmer A, B and Merrick)
A Comparative List of the Bole Rulers
A Scheme of the Mama and Bawa Ruling Families
A Comparative Table of the Bole Rulers
Lists of Tinjas and Ciromas – Facsimile, English Translation
Postscript
References
The Genesis of Courage, Leadership and Altruism
by Hauwa Maina Bukar
Part II
An Introduction to the History of Fika Emirate – 1903–1940
by Musa Masaya Aliyu
Environment and Peopling of the Area
The Economy and Society before the Colonial Conquest
The Conquest of the Area The Consolidation of the Colonial Domination (ca. 1903 to ca. 1939)
Bibliography