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Muslim societies in Africa : a historical anthropology

Title
Muslim societies in Africa : a historical anthropology / Roman Loimeier.
Author
Loimeier, Roman.
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]

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Description
xv, 358 pages : maps (some color); 24 cm
Subjects
Note
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the geographical and anthropological setting -- Is there an "African" Islam? -- The Bilād al-Maghrib: rebels, saints, and heretics -- The Sahara as connective space -- Dynamics of Islamization in the Bilād al-Sūdān -- Dynamics of jihād in the Bilād al-Sūdān -- Islam in Nubia and Funj -- Egyptian colonialism and the Mahdī in the Sudan -- Ethiopia and Islam -- Muslims on the Horn of Africa -- The East African coast -- Muslims on the Cape: community and dispute -- Muslims under colonial rule.
Call Number
Sc E 13-1006
ISBN
  • 9780253007889 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0253007887 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 9780253007971 (eb)
  • 0253007976 (eb)
LCCN
  • 2012050899
  • 40022569913
OCLC
783167556
Author
Loimeier, Roman.
Title
Muslim societies in Africa : a historical anthropology / Roman Loimeier.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Other Standard Identifier
40022569913
Research Call Number
Sc E 13-1006
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