Islamization from below : the making of Muslim communities in rural French Sudan, 1880-1960 / Brian J. Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Brian James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Mali--Bougouni (Sikasso)--History.

Islam.

Bougouni (Sikasso, Mali)--History.

Bougouni (Sikasso, Mali).

France--Colonies--Africa--Religion.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The colonial era in Africa, spanning less than a century, ushered in a more rapid expansion of Islam than at any time during the previous thousand years. In this groundbreaking historical investigation, Brian J. Peterson considers for the first time how and why rural peoples in West Africa "became Muslim" under French colonialism.Peterson rejects conventional interpretations that emphasize the roles of states, jihads, and elites in "converting" people, arguing instead that the expansion of Islam owed its success to the mobility of thousands of rural people who gradually, and usually peacefully, adopted the new religion on their own. Based on extensive fieldwork in villages across southern Mali (formerly French Sudan) and on archival research in West Africa and France, the book draws a detailed new portrait of grassroots, multi-generational processes of Islamization in French Sudan while also deepening our understanding of the impact and unintended consequences of colonialism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Wars of Samori

2. Reconstructing a Fragmented World

3. Slave Emancipation and the Expansion of Islam, 1905-1914

4. Coping with Colonialism

5. Transforming the Village

6. Migrants and the Dialectics of Conversion, 1930-1960

7. Changes in the Religious Landscape

Conclusion

Glossary

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-308) and index.

ISBN:

9786613600974

9781280571374

1280571373

9780300152739

0300152736

OCLC:

793206886