Book contents
- Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria
- The International African Library
- Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on translation and anonymisation
- 1 Porridge, piety, and patience
- 2 Fair game for unfair accusations?
- 3 ‘Secular schooling is schooling for the rich!’
- 4 Peasants, privations, and piousness
- 5 Inequality at close range
- 6 Concealment, asceticism, and cunning Americans
- 7 Mango medicine and morality
- 8 Spiritual security services in an insecure setting
- 9 Roles, risks, and reproduction
- Annex Synopsis of ‘Duniya Juyi Juyi – How Life Goes’
- Glossary and abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index
- Titles in the series
5 - Inequality at close range
Domestic service for the better-off
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2018
- Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria
- The International African Library
- Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on translation and anonymisation
- 1 Porridge, piety, and patience
- 2 Fair game for unfair accusations?
- 3 ‘Secular schooling is schooling for the rich!’
- 4 Peasants, privations, and piousness
- 5 Inequality at close range
- 6 Concealment, asceticism, and cunning Americans
- 7 Mango medicine and morality
- 8 Spiritual security services in an insecure setting
- 9 Roles, risks, and reproduction
- Annex Synopsis of ‘Duniya Juyi Juyi – How Life Goes’
- Glossary and abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index
- Titles in the series
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- Quranic Schools in Northern NigeriaEveryday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty, pp. 122 - 139Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018