history of an emancipatory communityHanretta, Sean1972-creatortextbibliographyHistory.Electronic books.enkCambridgeNew YorkCambridge University Press2009monographiceng1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) : illustrations, maps.Exploring the history and religious community of a group of Muslim Sufi mystics who came largely from socially marginal backgrounds in colonial French West Africa, this study shows the relationship between religious, social, and economic change in the region. It highlights the role that intellectuals - including not only elite men, but also women, slaves, and the poor - played in shaping social and cultural change and illuminates the specific religious ideas on which Muslims drew and the political contexts that gave their efforts meaning. In contrast to depictions that emphasize the importance of international networks and anti-modern reaction in twentieth-century Islamic reform, this book claims that, in West Africa, such movements were driven by local forces and constituted only the most recent round in a set of centuries-old debates about the best way for pious people to confront social injustice. It argues that traditional historical methods prevent an appreciation of Muslim intellectual history in Africa by misunderstanding the nature of information gathering during colonial rule and misconstruing the relationship between documents and oral history. -- Description from http://www.amazon.com (April 24, 2012).Introduction ---- Part One. "The Suffering of Our Father": Story and Context. 1. Sufism and Status in the Western Sudan --- 2. Making a Revival: Yacouba Sylla and His Followers --- 3. Making a Community: The "Yacoubists" from 1930 to 2001 ---- Part Two. "I Will Prove to You That What I Say Is True": Knowledge and Colonial Rule. 4. Ghosts and the Grain of the Archives --- 5. History in the Zawiya: Redemptive Traditions ---- Part Three. "What Did He Give You?": Interpretation. 6. Lost Origins: Women and Spiritual Equality --- 7. The Spiritual Economy of Emancipation --- 8. The Gift of Work: Devotion, Hierarchy, and Labor --- 9. "To Never Shed Blood": Yacouba, Houphouet, and Côte d'Ivoire ---- Conclusions.Sean Hanretta.Includes bibliographical references and index.fw-----e-fr---f------Sylla, Yacouba1906-1988InfluenceSylla, Yacouba-1988InfluenceSylla, Yacouba1906-1988SufisAfrica, WestHistory20th centuryReligious communitiesAfrica, WestHistory20th centuryIslamSocial aspectsAfrica, WestHistory20th centuryIslamAfrica, WestHistory20th centuryMuslimsAfrica, WestHistory20th centurySocial changeAfrica, WestHistory20th centurySocial justiceAfrica, WestHistory20th centuryAfrica, WestReligious life and customsAfrica, WestSocial conditions20th centuryFranceColoniesAfricaHistory20th centuryAfrica, WestColonial influenceSoufisAfrique occidentaleHistoire20e siècleCommunautés (Religion)Afrique occidentaleHistoire20e siècleIslamAspect socialAfrique occidentaleHistoire20e siècleChangement socialAfrique occidentaleHistoire20e siècleJustice socialeAfrique occidentaleHistoire20e siècleAfrique occidentaleVie religieuseAfrique occidentaleConditions sociales20e siècleFranceColoniesAfriqueHistoire20e siècleAfrique occidentaleInfluence colonialeRELIGIONIslamHistoryColonial influenceFrench coloniesInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)IslamIslamSocial aspectsMuslimsReligious communitiesSocial changeSocial conditionsSocial justiceSufisAfricaAfrica, WestAfrica, West -- Religious life and customsIslam -- Social aspects -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th centuryReligious communities -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th centurySocial change -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th centurySocial justice -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th centurySufis -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th centurySylla, Yacouba, -- d. 1988 -- Influence 1900-1999 fast BP188.8.A358 H36 2009eb297.0966/0904Hanretta, Sean, 1972-Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009(DLC) 200804363697805115143570511514352978051151789105115178909780511576157051157615305115166579780511516658210384 MILhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=273791http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=273791E7B08100820200709055217.0ocn647766537eng