European scientific publications on West Africa (Hausa people) at the turn of the 19th - 20th centuries: from the experience of compiling bibliography on the history of African studies (RASL collections)
The article discusses the history of West African studies in Europe at the turn of the 19th - 20th centuries, the study of literature in the Hausa language; some significant publications are characterized, including those that presented at the Russian Academy of Sciences Library and at the other libraries in St. Petersburg. Keywords: Western Africa, Hausa, African studies, African Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Library, book collections, bibliography.