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Muslim societies in African history [electronic resource] / David Robinson.

By: Contributor(s): Series: New approaches to African historyPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: xx, 220 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BP64.A1 R63 2004eb
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Contents:
I. The historical and institutional background. Muhammad and the birth of Islam -- The basic institutions of Islam -- II. General themes. The islamization of Africa -- The africanization of Islam -- Muslim identity and the slave trades -- Western views of Africa and Islam -- III. Case studies. Morocco: Muslims in a "Muslim nation" -- Ethiopia: Muslims in a "Christian nation" -- Asante and Kumasi: a Muslim minority in a "sea of paganism" -- Sokoto and Hausaland: jihad within the Dar al-Islam -- Buganda: religious competition for the kingdom -- The Sudan: the Mahdi and Khalifa amid competing imperialisms -- Senegal: Bamba and the Murids under French colonial rule -- Conclusion.
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I. The historical and institutional background. Muhammad and the birth of Islam -- The basic institutions of Islam -- II. General themes. The islamization of Africa -- The africanization of Islam -- Muslim identity and the slave trades -- Western views of Africa and Islam -- III. Case studies. Morocco: Muslims in a "Muslim nation" -- Ethiopia: Muslims in a "Christian nation" -- Asante and Kumasi: a Muslim minority in a "sea of paganism" -- Sokoto and Hausaland: jihad within the Dar al-Islam -- Buganda: religious competition for the kingdom -- The Sudan: the Mahdi and Khalifa amid competing imperialisms -- Senegal: Bamba and the Murids under French colonial rule -- Conclusion.

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