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

• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press; Oxford, : James Currey Ltd.; Cape Town, : David Philip Pub., 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (605 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 297/.096
• Soggetto topico: Islam - Africa - History
• Altri autori: LevtzionNehemia PouwelsRandall Lee <1944->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The history of Islam in Africa
• ISBN: 0-8214-4461-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785914903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II