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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451917203321

Autore

Bīlī ʻUthmān Sayyid Aḥmad Ismāʻīl <1930->

Titolo

Some aspects of Islam in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Uthman Sayyid Ahmad Ismail Al-Bili

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reading, UK, : Ithaca Press, 2008

ISBN

0-86372-459-0

1-281-35701-4

9786611357016

0-86372-353-5

1-4356-2594-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Disciplina

297.096

Soggetti

Islam - Africa - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Historiographical Tradition of African Islam; 2 ""As-Sudan"" and ""Bilad as-Sudan"" in Early and Medieval Arabic Writing; 3 A Survey of Primary Literary Sources for the Modern Period of Sudan''s History, 1898-1956; 4 The Growth and Impact of Islam in Africa; 5 The Literature of Dan Fodio''s Jihad and the Sokoto Caliphate of Northern Nigeria, 1804-1903; 6 Muhammad Bello and the Tradition of Manuals of Islamic Government and Advice to Rulers; 7 The Discourse Presented in Answer to the Questions of Amir Yaqub; 8 The Abundant Rain: In Advice to Amir Yaqub

9 Documentation and Sources: Some Observations on Progress, Problems and Concepts10 Quo Vadis, Africa? Africa, the World, the Arabs and Islam; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a collection of papers on aspects of Islam in Africa. The book is part of an effort to establish an independent and indigenous school of African history that sees history through African eyes, and presents it in such a way as to include internal written and oral traditions, without sacrificing the truth or academic integrity. The topics covered include: the historiographical tradition of African Islam;



as-Sudan and Bilad as-Sudan in early and medieval Arabic writing; and primary literary sources for the modern period of Sudanese history, 1898-1956. It also covers the topics: the g