Guidance (Uwongozi) by Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui : selections from the first Swahili Islamic newspaper / / translated by Kai Kresse, Hassan Mwakimako ; introduced and edited by Kai Kresse

• Autore: Mazrui Al-Amin Bin Ali
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2017; ©2017
• Edizione: A Swahili-English edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 pages)
• Disciplina: 297.0967620904
• Soggetto topico: Muslims - Religious life - Kenya; Islam - Kenya - History - 20th century; Religious life - Islam
• Soggetto geografico: Kenya Religious life and customs
• Persona (resp. second.): KresseKai; MwakimakoHassan
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Guidance (Uwongozi) by Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui: Selections from the First Swahili Islamic Newspaper. A Swahili-English Edition / Kai Kresse.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui wrote his essays of this Guidance ( Uwongozi ) collection in Mombasa between 1930 and 1932, providing social critique and moral guidance to Kenya’s coastal Muslims during a period of their decline during British colonial rule. The essays were initially published as a series of double-sided pamphlets called Sahifa (The Page), the first Swahili Islamic newspaper. Inspired by contemporary debates of Pan-Islam and Islamic modernism, and with a critical eye on British colonialism, this leading East African modernist takes issue with his peers, in a sharply critical and yet often humorous tone. Al-Amin Mazrui was the first to publish Islamic educational prose and social commentary in Swahili. This bi-lingual edition makes fascinating reading for specialists and general readers.
• Titolo autorizzato: Guidance (Uwongozi) by Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui
• ISBN: 90-04-33554-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150533303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: African sources for African history ; ; Volume 13.