Muslim societies in African history
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | New approaches to African history.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- I. The historical and institutional background. Muhammad and the birth of Islam
- The basic institutions of Islam
- II. General themes. The islamization of Africa
- The africanization of Islam
- Muslim identity and the slave trades
- Western views of Africa and Islam
- III. Case studies. Morocco: Muslims in a "Muslim nation"
- Ethiopia: Muslims in a "Christian nation"
- Asante and Kumasi: a Muslim minority in a "sea of paganism"
- Sokoto and Hausaland: jihad within the Dar al-Islam
- Buganda: religious competition for the kingdom
- The Sudan: the Mahdi and Khalifa amid competing imperialisms
- Senegal: Bamba and the Murids under French colonial rule
- Conclusion.