Hunwick, John O. <br/><br/>
West Africa, Islam, and the Arab world :  studies in honor of Basil Davidson / 
John Hunwick. 
 - Princeton :  Markus Wiener Publishers,  c2006. 
 - 147 p :  map ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to West Africa -- North Africa's links with Sub-Saharan Africa -- Islam in West Africa -- Timbuktu : a famous West African city of Islam and Arabic writing -- The Islamic manuscript heritage of Timbuktu -- Arabic as the Latin of Africa -- Non-Muslims and Muslims in the Arab world -- Arab views of Black Africans and slavery -- African-Arab relations in the twentieth century -- Honor to Basil Davidson -- Appendix I: The Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) -- Appendix II: Sudanic Africa : a journal of historical sources -- Appendix III: Conservation of West African Arabic manuscripts -- Appendix IV: Published manuscripts. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1558763988 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781558763982 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006029944 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arabic language--History.--Africa, West<br/>Islam--History.--Africa, West<br/>Manuscripts, Arabic.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa, West--Civilization.<br/>Africa, West--Ethnic relations.<br/>Africa, West--Relations--Arab countries.<br/>Africa, West--Religion.<br/>Arab countries--Relations--Africa, West.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT474  / .H865 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.6/970966