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Migration, Jihad, and Muslim authority in West Africa : the Futanke colonies in Karta / John H. Hanson.
Van Pelt Library DT532.3.T35 H36 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanson, John H., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslims.
- History.
- Mali--History.
- Mali.
- Senegal--History--To 1960.
- Senegal.
- Muslims--Mali--History.
- Muslims--Senegal--History.
- Tal, Umar, 1794?-1864.
- Tal, Umar.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 218 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- John H. Hanson's thoroughly researched study revises late-19th-century colonialist assumptions about a West African Muslim social movement. The book investigates three political crises that took place in Nioro, a town in the region of Karta in the upper Senegal River valley, conquered during a military jihad by Shaykh Umar Tal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253330882
- OCLC:
- 33861901
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