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    Arabic Chronicle of the Senegal Valley by Hunwick, John O.

    Published in Journal of African History (01-01-2001)
    “…"Florilege au jardin de l'histoire des Noirs: Zuhur al-basatin" by Par Shaykh Muusa Kamara is reviewed…”
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    Sub-Saharan Africa and the Wider World of Islam: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by Hunwick, John

    Published in Journal of religion in Africa (01-08-1996)
    “…This article explores the historical and contemporary perspectives on the global world of Islam from the backdrop of sub-Saharan and North Africa. The…”
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    The Arabic Literary Tradition of Nigeria by Hunwick, John

    Published in Research in African literatures (22-09-1997)
    “…Arabic and Islam was first taught in Nigeria in the 1480s as a trade language. Scholars adopted Arabic beginning in the late 18th-century and it persists as a…”
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    Secular Power and Religious Authority in Muslim Society: the Case of Songhay by Hunwick, John

    Published in Journal of African history (01-01-1996)
    “…The relationship between political power and religious authority has been a delicate one in Muslim societies. On the one hand, governments may attempt to…”
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    An African Case Study of Political Islam: Nigeria by Hunwick, John

    “…Since the early nineteenth century, when Uthman b. Fudi established an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, there has been a close symbiosis between religion and…”
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    African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles by Hunwick, John O.

    Published in The Journal of Southern History (01-02-1999)
    “…Hunwick reviews "African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles" by Allan D. Austin…”
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    A Historical Whodunit: The So-Called “Kano Chronicle” and its Place in the Historiography of Kano by Hunwick, John

    Published in History in Africa (1994)
    “…Murray Last obliquely suggests that [the “Kano Chronicle”] is best regarded as a rather free compilation of local legends and traditions drafted in the…”
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    Medieval Gao--Gao and the Almoravids revisited: Ethnicity, political change and the limits of interpretation--Comment/reply by Hunwick, John, Lange, Dierk

    Published in Journal of African history (01-05-1994)
    “…Hunwick comments on Dierk Lange's "Les rois de Gao-Sane et les Almoravides," in which he introduces a number of interpretations of the history of the Middle…”
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    Gao and the Almoravids revisited: ethnicity, political change and the limits of interpretation. From Mande to Songhay: towards a political and ethnic history of medieval Gao by Hunwick, John, Lange, Dierk

    Published in Journal of African history (01-01-1994)
    “…Discussion focusing on methodology, interpretation of evidence and the hypothetical nature of historical reconstructions for the ethnic and political history…”
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