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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785914903321

Titolo

The history of Islam in Africa / / editors, Nehemia Levtzion, Randall L. Pouwels

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press

Oxford, : James Currey Ltd.

Cape Town, : David Philip Pub., 2000

ISBN

0-8214-4461-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (605 pages) : illustrations, map

Altri autori (Persone)

LevtzionNehemia

PouwelsRandall Lee <1944->

Disciplina

297/.096

Soggetti

Islam - Africa - History

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

Contents; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1: Egypt and North Africa; Chapter 2: The Indian Ocean nad the Red Sea; Part II; Chapter 3: Islam in the Bilad al-Sudan to 1800; Chapter 4: The Juula and the Expansion of Islam into the Forest; Chapter 5: Precolonial Islam in the Eastern Sudan; Chapter 6: Revolutions in the Western Sudan; Chapter 7: The Eastern Sudan, 1822 to the Present; Chapter 8: Islam in Africa under French Colonial Rule; Chapter 9: Islam in West Africa: Radicalism and the New Ethic of Disagreement, 1960-1990; Chapter 10: Religious Pluralism in Northern Nigeria; Part III

Chapter 11: Ethiopia and the Horn of AfricaChapter 12: The African Coast, c. 780 to 1900 C.E.; Chapter 13: The Coastal Hinterland and Interior of East Africa; Chapter 14: East Central Africa; Chapter 15: Islam in Southern Africa, 1652-1998; Chapter 16: Radicalism and Reform in East Africa; Part IV; Chapter 17: Islamic Law in Africa; Chapter 18: Muslim Women in African History; Chapter 19: Islamic Education and Scholarship in Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 20: Sufi Brotherhoods in Africa; Chapter 21: Prayer, Amulets, and Healing; Chapter 22: Islamic Art and Material Culture in Africa; Chapter 23: Islamic Literature in Africa; Chapter 24: Music and Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa; Glossary; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The history of the Islamic faith on the continent of Africa spans fourteen centuries. For the first time in a single volume, The History of Islam in Africa presents a detailed historic mapping of the cultural, political, geographic, and religious past of this significant presence on a continent-wide scale. Bringing together two dozen leading scholars, this comprehensive work treats the historical development of the religion in each major region and examines its effects.