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The course of Islam in Africa / Mervyn Hiskett.
- Title
- The course of Islam in Africa / Mervyn Hiskett.
- Author
- Hiskett, M.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c1994.
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- Description
- ix, 218 p., [6] p. of plates : maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- This is a comprehensive survey, tracing the development of Islam in Africa from the 7th century AD to the present day. It covers the whole continent and gives a detailed account of the Sufi mystical cosmology and the opposition to it and analyzes long-and short-term affects of the impact of European colonialism on Islamic Africa. Following a survey of the state of Islam in present day African nation states, the book concludes with a study of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and its clash with African nationalism.
- Series Statement
- Islamic surveys ; 15
- Uniform Title
- Islamic surveys 15.
- Subject
- Islam > Africa > History
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-209) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. North Africa --- 2. Egypt --- 3. The Nilotic Sudan ---- 4. West Africa --- 5. Ethiopia and the Horn --- 6. East and South Africa --- 7. African Islamic literatures 8. Reflections and uncertainties.
- ISBN
- 0748604642
- 0748604618 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^95168334^
- OCLC
- 31185038
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library