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The French Médersa : Islamic education and empire in Northwest Africa / Samuel D. Anderson
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Samuel D. (Samuel DeJohn), 1987- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic education--Africa, Northwest--History.
- Islamic education.
- Madrasahs--Africa, Northwest--History.
- Madrasahs.
- Islamic religious education--Africa, Northwest--History.
- Islamic religious education.
- Muslims--Education--Africa, Northwest--History.
- Muslims.
- Islam and state--Africa, Northwest--History.
- Islam and state.
- Colonization--Religious aspects.
- Colonization.
- Africa, Northwest--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Africa, Northwest.
- Africa, Northwest--Intellectual life--20th century.
- France--Colonies--Africa--Religion.
- France.
- France--Colonies--Africa--Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- The French Médersa explores how the French state pursued a century-long project of bicultural Franco-Muslim education in its northwest African colonies, resulting in a new type of school, the médersa, that combined French and Islamic curricula.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Hyphenating Northwest African history
- Inventing Franco-Muslim education : Tradition, innovation, and reform in Algeria
- Instruction and instructors : Intellectual history in the Algerian médersas
- From Tlemcen to Timbuktu : Modernizing Islamic education and institutionalizing colonial racism in West Africa
- The Saharan apogee : Algerian medérsiens in Mauritania
- The persistence of the hyphen : Franco-Muslim education at the end of empire
- Conclusion : The médersas’ enduring influence—and invisibility.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed, January 26, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Anderson, Samuel D. (Samuel DeJohn), 1987- French Médersa
- ISBN:
- 9781501784637
- 1501784633
- 9781501784620
- 1501784625
- OCLC:
- 1561169455
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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