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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41645936 Title: The History of Islam in Africa Author: Nehemia Levtzion; Randall Lee Pouwels Publisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2000. ISBN/ISSN: 0821412965 9780821412961 0821412973 9780821412978 0852557825 9780852557822 0852557817 9780852557815 086486454X 9780864864543 OCLC:41645936

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The History of Islam in Africa

Author:	Nehemia Levtzion; Randall Lee Pouwels
Publisher:	Athens : Ohio University Press, 2000.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"The history of the Islamic faith on the continent of Africa spans fourteen centuries. For the first time in a single volume, The History of Islam in Africa presents a detailed historic mapping of the cultural, political, geographic, and religious past of this significant presence on a continent-wide scale. Bringing together two dozen scholars, this comprehensive work treats the historical development of the Read more...
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Subjects	Islam -- Africa -- History. Islam -- Afrique -- Histoire. Islam. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: History of Islam in Africa. Athens : Ohio University Press, 2000 (OCoLC)648612852
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Nehemia Levtzion; Randall Lee Pouwels Find more information about:
ISBN:	0821412965 9780821412961 0821412973 9780821412978 0852557825 9780852557822 0852557817 9780852557815 086486454X 9780864864543
OCLC Number:	41645936
Description:	x, 591 pages ; 27 cm
Contents:	Introduction: patterns of Islamization and varieties of religious experience among Muslims of Africa / Nehemia Levtzion, Randall L. Pouwels -- Egypt and North Africa / Peter von Sivers -- The Indian Ocean and the Red Sea / M.N. Pearson -- Islam in the Bilad al-Sudan to 1800 / Nehemia Levtzion -- The Juula and the expansion of Islam into the forest / Ivor Wilks -- Precolonial Islam in the eastern Sudan / Jay Spaulding -- Revolutions in the western Sudan / David Robinson -- The eastern Sudan, 1822 to the present / John O. Voll -- Islam in Africa under French colonial rule / Jean-Louis Triaud -- Islam in West Africa: radicalism and the new ethic of disagreement, 1960-1990 / Lansiné Kaba -- Religious pluralisms in northern Nigeria / William F.S. Miles -- Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa / Lidwien Kapteijns -- The East African coast, c. 780 to 1900 C.E. / Randall L. Pouwels -- The coastal hinterland and interior of East Africa / David C. Sperling, with additional material by Jose H. Kagabo -- East Central Africa / Edward A. Alpers -- Islam in southern Africa, 1652-1998 / Robert C.-H. Shell -- Radicalism and reform in East Africa / Abdin Chande -- Islamic law in Africa / Allan Christelow -- Muslim women in African history / Roberta Ann Dunbar -- Islamic education and scholarship in sub-Saharan Africa / Stefan Reichmuth -- Sufi brotherhoods in Africa / Knut S. Vikør -- Prayer, amulets, and healing / David Owusu-Ansah -- Islamic art and material culture in Africa / René A. Bravmann -- Islamic literature in Africa / Kenneth W. Harrow -- Music and Islam in sub-Saharan Africa / Eric Charry.
Responsibility:	edited by Nehemia Levtzion & Randall L. Pouwels.

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