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Muslim modernity in postcolonial Nigeria : a study of the Society for the Removal of Innovation and Reinstatement of Traditon / by Ousmane Kane.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kane, Ousmane.
- Series:
- Islam in Africa 0928-5520 ; v. 1.
- Islam in Africa, 0928-5520 ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yan Izala (Organization).
- Islam and politics--Nigeria.
- Islam and politics.
- Islam--Nigeria--Societies, etc.
- Islam.
- Sufis--Political activity--Nigeria.
- Sufis.
- Sufis--Political activity.
- Nigeria.
- Nigeria--Politics and government--1984-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 283 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Contents:
- Orthography xv
- Introduction: Normative versus alternative modernity 1
- Chapter 1 Agents and Aspects of Social Change in Twentieth-Century Nigeria 29
- Chapter 2 Kano in the Nigerian Context 53
- Chapter 3 The Fragmentation of Sacred Authority 69
- Chapter 4 The Social Base of the Yan Izala 104
- Chapter 5 Worldview and Recruitment Patterns of the Yan Izala 123
- Chapter 6 Counter-Reform Movements 149
- Chapter 7 The Politics of Muslim-Christian Confrontation in Nigeria 178
- Chapter 8 The Domestication of Izala 207
- 1 English translation of the pamphlet: Hujojin da suka hana bi dan tarika salla 271.
- Notes:
- Revised English version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004125884
- OCLC:
- 50630565
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