1.

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991004383833807536

Titolo

Tra le valli dell'Adda e del Mera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sondrio : Rotaract Club, 1970

Descrizione fisica

171 p. : ill. ; 25x25 cm

Altri autori (Enti)

Rotary ClubSondrio

Disciplina

945.25

Soggetti

Valtellina Guide

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia