Islam in a zongo : Muslim lifeworlds in Asante, Ghana / Benedikt Pontzen.

Zongos, wards in West Africa populated by traders and migrants from the northern savannahs and the Sahel, are a common sight in Ghana's Asante region where the people of these wards represent a dual-minority as both foreigners and Muslims in a largely Christian area, facing marginalisation as a resu...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:International African library ; 62.
Main Author: Pontzen, Benedikt (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Series:International African library ; 62.
Subjects:
Islam > Ghana > Ashanti Region.
Muslims > Ghana > Ashanti Region > Social conditions.
Religious minorities > Ghana > Ashanti Region.
Islam.
Muslims > Social conditions.
Religious minorities.
Ghana > Ashanti Region.
Physical Description:xvii, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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