Muslim societies in Africa [electronic resource] : a historical anthropology / Roman Loimeier.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 358 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.697096 23
LOC classification:
  • BP64.A1 L65 2013eb
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Contents:
Introduction: the geographical and anthropological setting -- Is there an "African" Islam? -- The Bilād al-Maghrib: rebels, saints, and heretics -- The Sahara as connective space -- Dynamics of Islamization in the Bilād al-Sūdān -- Dynamics of jihād in the Bilād al-Sūdān -- Islam in Nubia and Funj -- Egyptian colonialism and the Mahdī in the Sudan -- Ethiopia and Islam -- Muslims on the Horn of Africa -- The East African coast -- Muslims on the Cape: community and dispute -- Muslims under colonial rule.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the geographical and anthropological setting -- Is there an "African" Islam? -- The Bilād al-Maghrib: rebels, saints, and heretics -- The Sahara as connective space -- Dynamics of Islamization in the Bilād al-Sūdān -- Dynamics of jihād in the Bilād al-Sūdān -- Islam in Nubia and Funj -- Egyptian colonialism and the Mahdī in the Sudan -- Ethiopia and Islam -- Muslims on the Horn of Africa -- The East African coast -- Muslims on the Cape: community and dispute -- Muslims under colonial rule.

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