TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hunwick,John O.
TI  - West Africa, Islam, and the Arab world: studies in honor of Basil Davidson 
SN  - 1558763988 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - DT474 .H865
U1  - 305.6/970966 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Markus Wiener Publishers
KW  - Arabic language
KW  - Africa, West
KW  - History
KW  - Islam
KW  - Manuscripts, Arabic
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Relations
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - Religion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0620/2006029944.html
ER  -