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x, 262 pages coat of arms, genealogical table, 7 maps 21 cm |
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University of Glasgow. Publications |
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Oxford paperbacks ; 223
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Glasgow University publications.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. The expansion of Islam in North Africa, Sahara, and Sudan -- 1. Sources -- 2. Sahara and Sudan before the coming of Islam -- 3. The Islamization of the Berbers -- 4. Conversion of the Saharan tribes and its spread into the Sudan -- 2. West Sudan states -- 1. The Sudan state system -- 2. The states of Senegal -- 3. The Sonike Empire of Gana -- 4. The Mandinka Empire of Kawkaw -- 3. Central Sudan states -- 1. Characteristics of the Central Sudan -- 2. The state of Kanem : Bornu -- 3. The Hausa states -- 4. The state of Bagirmi -- 5. The state of Waday -- 4. Islamic stagnation and pagan reaction -- 1. The Sudan during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- 2. The collapse of Songhay and its consequences -- 3. Mande successor states -- 4. Fulbe states and their resistance to Islam -- 5. Islamic stagnation in the central Sudan -- 5. The recrudescence of Islam in the nineteenth century: Western Sudan -- 1. Reawakening of the forces of Islamic propaganda -- a. Role of the Moorish tribes -- b. Role of the religious brotherhoods -- c. Formation of theocratic states and the rise of military adventures -- 2. Futa Jalon -- 3. Senegalese Futa and Bondu -- 4. The Wolof and Islam -- 5. Tehstate of Shaikh Hamad of Masina -- 6. The Empire of al-hajj 'Umar -- 7. Mande dispersion and colonization -- 8. Samori's career of conquest -- 6. The central Sudan in the nineteenth century -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Empire of 'Uthman dan Fodio -- 3. Bornu and the Shaikhus -- 4. Bagirmi -- 5. Waday -- 6. The episode of Rabih -- 7. West Africa under European rule -- 1. The establishment of European rule -- 2. Spread of Islam under European rule -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Islam -- Africa, West.
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Africa, West -- History.
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Islam. (OCoLC)fst00979776
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West Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239521
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section) DLC
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| ISBN |
0192850385 |
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9780192850386 |
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