The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in AfricaFallou Ngom, Mustapha H. Kurfi, Toyin Falola This handbook generates new insights that enrich our understanding of the history of Islam in Africa and the diverse experiences and expressions of the faith on the continent. The chapters in the volume cover key themes that reflect the preoccupations and realities of many African Muslims. They provide readers access to a comprehensive treatment of the past and current traditions of Muslims in Africa, offering insights on different forms of Islamization that have taken place in several regions, local responses to Islamization, Islam in colonial and post-colonial Africa, and the varied forms of Jihād movements that have occurred on the continent. The handbook provides updated knowledge on various social, cultural, linguistic, political, artistic, educational, and intellectual aspects of the encounter between Islam and African societies reflected in the lived experiences of African Muslims and the corpus of African Islamic texts. |
Contents
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Chapter 4 The Islamic Intellectual Tradition of Sudanic Africa with Analysis of a FifteenthCentury Timbuktu Manuscript | 54 |
A Historical Overview | 77 |
Reconceptualizing the Islamic Revolutions of West Africa | 93 |
Fuladu Fulani in the Kaabu Empire | 117 |
Chapter 18 Islam in Europhone African Literature | 337 |
Chapter 19 Islam and Music in Africa | 363 |
Chapter 20 Muslims and Traditional Dance Performance in Dagboŋ Northern Ghana | 386 |
Part IV African Muslims and Knowledge Systems | 399 |
A Critical Assessment of Method and Rhetoric | 401 |
Chapter 22 African Islamic Influences in Selected AfricanAmerican Literary Writings | 439 |
Chapter 23 Competing and Complementary Writing Systems in the Horn of Africa | 457 |
Chapter 24 Manuscript Libraries of SubSaharan Muslim Africa | 484 |
Chapter 8 Geography Islam and Africa | 133 |
Diffusion and Growth | 149 |
Selected Profiles | 163 |
Part II Institutions and Practices | 203 |
Chapter 11 Sharīʿa Law in Muslim Africa | 204 |
Chapter 12 Female Muslim Scholars in Africa | 221 |
Chapter 13 Islam and Christianity in Africa | 233 |
Chapter 14 Islam and West African Religions | 253 |
Chapter 15 Islamic Philosophy in Africa | 266 |
Part III Islam and Creativity | 278 |
Chapter 16 Islamic Architecture in Precolonial Africa | 279 |
Chapter 17 Islamic Calligraphy Abstraction and Magic Talismans in Northern Nigeria | 303 |
Chapter 25 Exploring and Preserving the Islamic Manuscript Heritage of SubSaharan Africa | 507 |
Part V Islam Modernity and the Contemporary World | 533 |
The Marabout and the Trade Union | 534 |
Intricacies of the Relationship as Seen Through Mali and Senegal | 559 |
Chapter 28 Private Islamic Education in Africa | 577 |
Chapter 29 Islam and Political Renaissance in Contemporary Africa | 599 |
Chapter 30 Islam and Globalization in Africa | 619 |
Chapter 31 Islam and the Environment in African Context | 643 |
Recommending a Framework | 657 |
Perceptions Stereotypes and the Clash of Philosophies | 679 |
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The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa Fallou Ngom,Mustapha H. Kurfi,Toyin Falola No preview available - 2021 |
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