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Author Cole, Gibril Raschid, 1955-

Title The Krio of West Africa : Islam, culture, creolization, and colonialism in the nineteenth century / Gibril R. Cole.

Publication Info. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2013]
2013

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, maps.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series New African histories series
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Creolization and (Krio)lization in the making of nineteenth-century Sierra Leone -- Islam, Christianity, and the state in colonial Freetown -- Trade, religion, and the colonial state -- The Krio diaspora in Nigeria -- Piety and praxis : religion in daily life -- Education and educational reform within the Muslim community -- Postscript.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Creoles (Sierra Leone) -- History.
Creoles (Sierra Leone) -- Religion.
Creoles (Sierra Leone) -- Africa, West -- History.
Islam -- Africa, West.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cole, Gibril Raschid. Krio of West Africa : Islam, culture, creolization, and colonialism in the nineteenth century. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2013] xv, 272 pages New African histories series 9780821420478 (DLC) 2013020422
ISBN 9780821420478
9780821444788 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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