Fighting the greater jihad [electronic resource] : Amadu Bamba and the founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913 / Cheikh Anta Babou.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New African histories seriesPublication details: Athens : Ohio University Press, c2007.Description: xiii, 294 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 297.4/8 22
LOC classification:
  • BP80.B238 B33 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Islam, society, and power in the Wolof states -- The Mbakke: the foundations of family traditions -- The emergence of Amadu Bamba, 1853-95 -- The founding of the Muridiyya -- Murid conflict with the French colonial administration, 1889-1902 -- Slow path toward accommodation I: the time of rapprochement -- Slow path toward accommodation II: making Murid space in colonial Bawol -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-283) and index.

Islam, society, and power in the Wolof states -- The Mbakke: the foundations of family traditions -- The emergence of Amadu Bamba, 1853-95 -- The founding of the Muridiyya -- Murid conflict with the French colonial administration, 1889-1902 -- Slow path toward accommodation I: the time of rapprochement -- Slow path toward accommodation II: making Murid space in colonial Bawol -- Conclusion.

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