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Muslim societies in African history / David Robinson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New approaches to African historyPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 220 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0511164343
  • 9780511164347
  • 0521826276
  • 9780521826273
  • 052153366X
  • 9780521533669
  • 0511166273
  • 9780511166273
  • 9780511811746
  • 0511811748
  • 0511165145
  • 9780511165146
  • 1283329174
  • 9781283329170
  • 1107146860
  • 9781107146860
  • 0511165501
  • 9780511165504
  • 9786613329172
  • 6613329177
  • 0511566360
  • 9780511566363
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Muslim societies in African history.DDC classification:
  • 297.096 23/eng/20241001
LOC classification:
  • BP64.A1 R63 2004eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.80
  • 15.80
  • BE 8607
  • 8
Online resources:
Contents:
I. The historical and institutional background. Muhammad and the birth of Islam -- The basic institutions of Islam -- II. General themes. The islamization of Africa -- The africanization of Islam -- Muslim identity and the slave trades -- Western views of Africa and Islam -- III. Case studies. Morocco: Muslims in a "Muslim nation" -- Ethiopia: Muslims in a "Christian nation" -- Asante and Kumasi: a Muslim minority in a "sea of paganism" -- Sokoto and Hausaland: jihad within the Dar al-Islam -- Buganda: religious competition for the kingdom -- The Sudan: the Mahdi and Khalifa amid competing imperialisms -- Senegal: Bamba and the Murids under French colonial rule -- Conclusion.
Summary: "Examining Islamization, Arabization, Africanization and the Muslim societies of Africa over the last thousand years, David Robinson reveals the complex struggles of Muslims throughout the continent. His study ranges through Morocco, the Hausaland region of Nigeria, the "pagan" societies of Ashanti (Ghana) and Buganda (Uganda), and the ostensibly Christian state of Ethiopia." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/2003055137.html.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)165066

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The historical and institutional background. Muhammad and the birth of Islam -- The basic institutions of Islam -- II. General themes. The islamization of Africa -- The africanization of Islam -- Muslim identity and the slave trades -- Western views of Africa and Islam -- III. Case studies. Morocco: Muslims in a "Muslim nation" -- Ethiopia: Muslims in a "Christian nation" -- Asante and Kumasi: a Muslim minority in a "sea of paganism" -- Sokoto and Hausaland: jihad within the Dar al-Islam -- Buganda: religious competition for the kingdom -- The Sudan: the Mahdi and Khalifa amid competing imperialisms -- Senegal: Bamba and the Murids under French colonial rule -- Conclusion.

Print version record.

"Examining Islamization, Arabization, Africanization and the Muslim societies of Africa over the last thousand years, David Robinson reveals the complex struggles of Muslims throughout the continent. His study ranges through Morocco, the Hausaland region of Nigeria, the "pagan" societies of Ashanti (Ghana) and Buganda (Uganda), and the ostensibly Christian state of Ethiopia."

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/2003055137.html.

English.