Muslim societies in African history

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robinson, David, 1938-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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.