Allah Made Us: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City

Acknowledgments ix

Notes on Orthography, Translation and Transcription xiii

1 Introducing 'Yan Daudu 1

2 People of the Bariki 29

3 Out in the Open 61

4 Women's Talk, Men's Secrets 89

5 Playing with Faith 117

6 Men on Film 143

7 Lost and Found in Translation 175

Epilogue: May God Keep a Secret 196

Glossary of Hausa terms 206

Bibliography 210

Index 228