Islam in Africa

ISBN-13: 9783825861964 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 240 str.

Georg Thomas;Stauth Bierschenk

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Contents: S. A. Nageeb, Stretching the horizon: a gender-based perspective on everyday life and practices in the Islamic sub-culture of Sudan; U. G nther & I. Niehaus, Islam in South Africa: The Muslims' contribution in the struggle against apartheid and the process of democratisation; A. Piga, A Neo-traditionalist Islamic associations and the Islamist press in contemporary Senegal; M. Singleton, Conversion to Islam in 19th century Tanzania as seen by a native Christian; A. N'Gaide, Islam, charismatic preachers and religious orders in high colonial Casamance; M. Pesek, Sulayman b. Nasr al-Lamki and German colonial policies towards Muslim communities in German East Africa; Q. Gausset, The spread of Islam in Adamawa; T.Tamari, Islamic higher education in West Africa; G. Abdoulaye, The graduates of the Islamic Universities in Benin. Thomas Bierschenk teaches social anthropology at the University of Mainz. Georg Stauth teaches sociology at the University of Bielefeld.