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West Africa, Islam, and the Arab world : studies in honor of Basil Davidson
- Title
- West Africa, Islam, and the Arab world : studies in honor of Basil Davidson / John Hunwick.
- Author
- Hunwick, John O.
- Publication
- Princeton : Markus Wiener Publishers, c2006.
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- Description
- 147 p. : map; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction to West Africa -- North Africa's links with Sub-Saharan Africa -- Islam in West Africa -- Timbuktu : a famous West African city of Islam and Arabic writing -- The Islamic manuscript heritage of Timbuktu -- Arabic as the Latin of Africa -- Non-Muslims and Muslims in the Arab world -- Arab views of Black Africans and slavery -- African-Arab relations in the twentieth century -- Honor to Basil Davidson -- Appendix I: The Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) -- Appendix II: Sudanic Africa : a journal of historical sources -- Appendix III: Conservation of West African Arabic manuscripts -- Appendix IV: Published manuscripts.
- Call Number
- Sc E 08-954
- ISBN
- 1558763988 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781558763982 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1558763996 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 9781558763999 (pbk : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006029944
- OCLC
- 71329884
- Author
- Hunwick, John O.
- Title
- West Africa, Islam, and the Arab world : studies in honor of Basil Davidson / John Hunwick.
- Imprint
- Princeton : Markus Wiener Publishers, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 08-954