Women and stories, scholars and texts: women's voices in nineteenth century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate -- Missions to Hausaland: European observations, investigations and conversations -- In praise of farming: women, food, and identity in Kasar Hausa -- A story, a story. Let it come. Let it go: the narrative landscapes and social spaces of storytelling -- If a man does not want you. Stories of marriage and cmarital crisis -- Womenfolk take heed! Wives and the lessons of Islamic reform -- Telling stories, making history: women, narrative, and knowledge in nineteenth-century Hausaland