TY - BOOK AU - Hanretta,Sean TI - Islam and social change in French West Africa: history of an emancipatory community T2 - African studies SN - 9780511514357 AV - BP188.8.A358 H36 2009eb U1 - 297.0966/0904 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Sylla, Yacouba, KW - Sufis KW - Africa, West KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Religious communities KW - Islam KW - Social aspects KW - Muslims KW - Social change KW - Social justice KW - Soufis KW - Afrique occidentale KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Communautés (Religion) KW - Aspect social KW - Changement social KW - Justice sociale KW - RELIGION KW - bisacsh KW - Colonial influence KW - fast KW - French colonies KW - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Social conditions KW - Africa, West -- Religious life and customs KW - Islam -- Social aspects -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century KW - Religious communities -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century KW - Social change -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century KW - Social justice -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century KW - Sufis -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century KW - Sylla, Yacouba, -- d. 1988 -- Influence KW - Religious life and customs KW - France KW - Colonies KW - Africa KW - Vie religieuse KW - Conditions sociales KW - Afrique KW - Influence coloniale KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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) UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=273791 ER -