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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464611603321

Autore

Venosa Joseph L.

Titolo

Paths toward the nation : Islam, community, and early nationalist mobilization in Eritrea, 1941-1961 / / Joseph L. Venosa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-89680-487-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Research in International Studies, Africa Series ; ; Number 92

Disciplina

963.506

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Eritrea

Muslims - Political activity - Eritrea

Electronic books.

Eritrea History 20th century

Eritrea History History Autonomy and independence movements

Eritrea Politics and government 1941-1952

Eritrea Politics and government 1952-1962

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

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the early and mid-1940's, during the period of British wartime occupation, community and religious leaders in the former Italian colony of Eritrea engaged in a course of intellectual and political debate that marked the beginnings of a genuine national consciousness across the region. During the late 1940's and 1950's, the scope of these concerns slowly expanded as the nascent nationalist movement brought together Muslim activists with the increasingly disaffected community of Eritrean Christians.  The Eritrean Muslim League emerged as the first genuine pro-independence organization in the