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Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa from Timbuktu to Zanzibar

Title: Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa [electronic resource] : from Timbuktu to Zanzibar / by Stéphane Pradines.
Author: Pradines, Stéphane.
Publication: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

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Description

1 online resource (xvii, 350 pages) : chiefly illustrations (some color)

Summary

"This book is the first comprehensive synthesis on mosques in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing together sites from more than twenty states from sub-Saharan Africa; and more than 285 monuments, from the IXth to the XIXth centuries. This monograph is divided into three large geographical areas, from the earthen mosques of West Africa, to the Nile Valleys and the Horn of Africa, and to the Indian Ocean shores and Swahili coral stone mosques. This book is a statement that African mosques demonstrate cultural links with North Africa, Arabia, Persia and India, these monuments are unique in the history of Islamic architecture, and they belong to our World Heritage"--

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Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa (Online)

Alternative Title

Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa (Online)

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-342) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

The Mosques of the Niger Valleys -- The Mosques from the Horn of Africa to the Valleys of the Nile -- The Mosques of the Indian Ocean Coast -- Epilogue: The Mosques of Sub-Saharan Africa in the History of Islamic Architecture -- Annex: Inventory of Historical Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa Listed by Contemporary States.

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