The Palgrave handbook of Islam in Africa / Fallou Ngom, Mustapha H. Kurfi, Toyin Falola, editors.

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"This handbook generates new insights that enrich our understanding of the history of Islam in Africa and the diverse experiences and expressions of the faith on the continent. The chapters in the volume cover key themes that reflect the preoccupations and realities of many African Muslims. They pro...

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Other Authors: Ngom, Fallou (Editor)
Kurfi, Mustapha Hashim (Editor)
Falola, Toyin (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Subjects:
Islam > Africa.
Islam > Africa > History.
Muslims > Africa > Social conditions.
Islam.
Muslims > Social conditions.
Africa.
History.
Handbooks and manuals.
Genre:
History.
Handbooks and manuals.
Physical Description:xxviii, 774 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Handbook of Islam in Africa
Islam in Africa
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part 1: History and Diffusion : Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa, 800-1900 / Bernard Salvaing
  • Religious Leadership and Mobility: Revisiting the Legacy of Al-Ḥājj Salim Suwari / Alfa Mamadou Diallo Lélouma
  • The Islamic Intellectual Tradition of Sudanic Africa, with Analysis of a Fifteenth-Century Timbuktu Manuscript / Zachary V. Wright
  • Interpretations of Jihād in Africa: A Historical Overview / Fulera Issaka-Toure
  • Between Jihād and History: Reconceptualizing the Islamic Revolutions of West Africa / Amir Syed
  • Islam and Emancipation: Fuladu Fulani in the Kaabu Empire / Alpha Oumarou Ba
  • Geography, Islam, and Africa / Karen S. Barton
  • Islam in West Africa: Diffusion and Growth / Bala Saho
  • Southern Africa's Muslim Communities: Selected Profiles / Muhammed Haron
  • Part 2: Institutions and Practices : Sharīʿa Law in Muslim Africa / Erin E. Stiles
  • Female Muslim Scholars in Africa / Britta Frede
  • Islam and Christianity in Africa / Viera Pawlikova-Vilhanova
  • Islam and West African Religions / Christopher Wise
  • Islamic Philosophy in Africa / Assan Sarr
  • Part 3: Islam and Creativity : Islamic Architecture in Pre-colonial Africa / Georg Leube
  • Islamic Calligraphy, Abstraction and Magic Talismans in Northern Nigeria / Abdalla Uba Adamu
  • Islam in Europhone African Literature / Cherif Ayouba Correa
  • Islam and Music in Africa / Brendan Kibbee
  • Muslims and Traditional Dance Performance in Dagboŋ, Northern Ghana / Tigwe Salifu Jebuni
  • Part 4: African Muslims and Knowledge System : Black Africans in Arabic Sources: A Critical Assessment of Method and Rhetoric / Mbaye Lo
  • African Islamic Influences in Selected African-American Literary Writings / Babacar M'Baye
  • Competing and Complementary Writing Systems in the Horn of Africa / Ethan M. Key
  • Manuscript Libraries of Sub-Saharan Muslim Africa / Liazzat J. K. Bonate
  • Exploring and Preserving the Islamic Manuscript Heritage of Sub-Saharan Africa / Sara Fani
  • Part 5: Islam, Modernity and the Contemporary World : Islam and Activism: The Marabout and the Trade Union / Omar Gueye
  • Islam and Politics in West Africa: Intracacies of the Relationship as Seen Through Mali and Senegal / Claire Seulgie Lim
  • Private Islamic Education in Africa / Gana Ndiaye
  • Islam and Political Renaissance in Contemporary Africa / Afis Ayinde Oladosu
  • Islam and Globalization in Africa / Paramole Kabir Olawale and Adeniji Atanda Stephen
  • Islam and the Environment in African Context / Muazu Usman Shehu
  • Researching Digital Media and Islam in Africa: Recommending a Framework / Ibrahim N. Abusharif
  • Islam and the Future of Africa: Perceptions, Stereotypes, and the Clash of Philosophies / Toyin Falola.