The History of Islam in Africa [electronic resource] /
edited by Nehemia Levtzion & Randall L. Pouwels.
- Athens : Ohio University Press, 2000.
- 1 online resource (x, 591 pages) : maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
patterns of Islamization and varieties of religious experience among Muslims of Africa / Egypt and North Africa / The Indian Ocean and the Red Sea / Islam in the Bilad al-Sudan to 1800 / The Juula and the expansion of Islam into the forest / Precolonial Islam in the eastern Sudan / Revolutions in the western Sudan / The eastern Sudan, 1822 to the present / Islam in Africa under French colonial rule / Islam in West Africa: radicalism and the new ethic of disagreement, 1960-1990 / Religious pluralisms in northern Nigeria / Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa / The East African coast, c. 780 to 1900 C.E. / The coastal hinterland and interior of East Africa / East Central Africa / Islam in southern Africa, 1652-1998 / Radicalism and reform in East Africa / Islamic law in Africa / Muslim women in African history / Islamic education and scholarship in sub-Saharan Africa / Sufi brotherhoods in Africa / Prayer, amulets, and healing / Islamic art and material culture in Africa / Islamic literature in Africa / Music and Islam in sub-Saharan Africa / Nehemia Levtzion, Randall L. Pouwels -- Peter von Sivers -- M.N. Pearson -- Nehemia Levtzion -- Ivor Wilks -- Jay Spaulding -- David Robinson -- John O. Voll -- Jean-Louis Triaud -- Lansiné Kaba -- William F.S. Miles -- Lidwien Kapteijns -- Randall L. Pouwels -- David C. Sperling, Jose H. Kagabo -- Edward A. Alpers -- Robert C.-H. Shell -- Abdin Chande -- Allan Christelow -- Roberta Ann Dunbar -- Stefan Reichmuth -- Knut S. Vikør -- David Owusu-Ansah -- René A. Bravmann -- Kenneth W. Harrow -- Eric Charry. Introduction: with additional material by
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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. Without assuming prior knowledge of the subject on the part of its readers, The History of Islam in Africa is broken down into discrete areas, each devoted to a particular place or theme and each written by experts in that particular arena. The introductory chapters examine the principal "gateways" from abroad through which Islam traditionally has influenced Africans. The following two parts present overviews of Islamic history in West Africa and the Sudanic zone, and in subequatorial Africa. In the final section, the authors discuss important themes that have had an impact on Muslim communities in Africa. Designed as both a reference and a text, The History of Islam in Africa will be an essential tool for libraries, scholars, and students of this growing field.
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