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The history of Islam in Africa / edited by Nehemia Levtzion & Randall L. Pouwels.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Africa--History.
- Islam.
- Religions--History.
- Religions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (605 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press ; Oxford : James Currey Ltd. ; Cape Town : David Philip Pub., 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The history of the Islamic faith on the continent of Africa spans fourteen centuries. For the first time in a single volume, The History of Islam in Africa presents a detailed historic mapping of the cultural, political, geographic, and religious past of this significant presence on a continent-wide scale. Bringing together two dozen leading scholars, this comprehensive work treats the historical development of the religion in each major region and examines its effects.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1: Egypt and North Africa; Chapter 2: The Indian Ocean nad the Red Sea; Part II; Chapter 3: Islam in the Bilad al-Sudan to 1800; Chapter 4: The Juula and the Expansion of Islam into the Forest; Chapter 5: Precolonial Islam in the Eastern Sudan; Chapter 6: Revolutions in the Western Sudan; Chapter 7: The Eastern Sudan, 1822 to the Present; Chapter 8: Islam in Africa under French Colonial Rule; Chapter 9: Islam in West Africa: Radicalism and the New Ethic of Disagreement, 1960-1990; Chapter 10: Religious Pluralism in Northern Nigeria; Part III
- Chapter 11: Ethiopia and the Horn of AfricaChapter 12: The African Coast, c. 780 to 1900 C.E.; Chapter 13: The Coastal Hinterland and Interior of East Africa; Chapter 14: East Central Africa; Chapter 15: Islam in Southern Africa, 1652-1998; Chapter 16: Radicalism and Reform in East Africa; Part IV; Chapter 17: Islamic Law in Africa; Chapter 18: Muslim Women in African History; Chapter 19: Islamic Education and Scholarship in Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 20: Sufi Brotherhoods in Africa; Chapter 21: Prayer, Amulets, and Healing; Chapter 22: Islamic Art and Material Culture in Africa; Chapter 23: Islamic Literature in Africa; Chapter 24: Music and Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa; Glossary; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821444610
- 0821444611
- OCLC:
- 648612852
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