Islam in Africa south of the Sahara

Islam in Africa south of the Sahara essays in gender relations and political reform / [electronic resource] : edited by Pade Badru, Brigid Maa Sackey. - Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2013. - xi, 416 p. : col. ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Historical origins of Islam in Africa and the basic principles of Islamic theocracy -- pt. II. Gender relations within Islam in Africa -- pt. III. The Sharia code and conditions of women in African Islam -- pt. IV. Political Islam and Africa and the African diaspora.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Islam--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Muslims--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Sex role--Africa, Sub-Saharan.


Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--1960-


Electronic books.

BP64.A37 / I855 2013eb

297.0967