West Africa, Islam, and the Arab world : studies in honor of Basil Davidson /

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Autor Principal: Hunwick, John O.
Formato: Libro
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Markus Wiener Publishers, c2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to West Africa
  • North Africa's links with Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Islam in West Africa
  • Timbuktu : a famous West African city of Islam and Arabic writing
  • The Islamic manuscript heritage of Timbuktu
  • Arabic as the Latin of Africa
  • Non-Muslims and Muslims in the Arab world
  • Arab views of Black Africans and slavery
  • African-Arab relations in the twentieth century
  • Honor to Basil Davidson
  • Appendix I: The Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
  • Appendix II: Sudanic Africa : a journal of historical sources
  • Appendix III: Conservation of West African Arabic manuscripts
  • Appendix IV: Published manuscripts.