Search Results - "Sudanic Africa"

Islamic Polarisation and the Politics of Exclusion in Ghana: Tijaniyya and Salafist Struggles over Muslim Orthodoxy by Dumbe, Yunus

“…This article explores how the revival of the Tijaniyya and the Salafi movement shaped public discourse about Islam in Ghana. Examining the debates which…”
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"When Knowledge is there, Other Things Follow": The Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria and the Making of Yoruba Muslim Youths by Balogun, Adeyemi

“…Among the religiously mixed Yoruba people of southwest Nigeria, the knowledge and values involved with being a Muslim are taught by both Muslim clerics in…”
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Islamic Prestige, Piety and Debate in Early Lagosian Newspapers, 1920s-40s by Katz, Sara

“…This article discusses the debates about Islam and Muslim behavior in colonial Lagosian newspapers from the 1920s to the 1940s. It argues that the content of…”
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Royal Pilgrims from Takrūr According to ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jazīrī (12th-16th Century) by Hadrien, Collet

“…This piece is a presentation and a translation of al-Jazīrī's al-Durar al-farāʾiḍ chapter on the royal pilgrims from Takrūr. This chapter presents notably an…”
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The Production of Swahili-Islamic Manuscripts with Specific Reference to Swahili Ink Making by Parkar, Ahmed

“…This article briefly examines the production of Swahili-Islamic manuscripts with specific reference to Swahili ink making in coastal Kenya. The Swahili scribes…”
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Introduction: Learning to be Muslim in West Africa. Islamic Engagements with Diversity and Difference by Nolte, Insa

“…In West Africa, Muslim learning has historically been shaped by two key engagements: the participation in wider Islamic debates and the co-existence with…”
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The Modernisation of Islamic Education in Ilorin: A Study of the Adabiyya and Markaziyya Educational Systems by Aliyu, Sakariyau Alabi

“…Poised between its Emirate heritage and the mixed-religious culture of fellow Yoruba-speakers, the city of Ilorin has long served as a centre of Islamic…”
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Professor Emeritus Rex Sean O'Fahey (d. 9 April 2019) by Abushouk, Ahmed Ibrahim

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In Search of "Africanity": Traditional and Islamic Education in Boubou Hama's Writings by de Oliveira e Silva, Ana Luiza

“…This article explores how the Nigerien intellectual and politician Boubou Hama (1906/09-1982) represented the relationship between Islamic and "traditional"…”
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Contours of Change: Muslim Courts, Women, and Islamic Society in Colonial Bathurst, the Gambia, 1905-1965, written by Bala Saho by Hutson, Alaine

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African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa, written by Michael A. Gomez by Syed, Amir

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Searching for Boko Haram: A History of Violence in Central Africa, written by Scott McEachern by Selengut, Charles

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Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria: Everyday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty, written by Hannah Hoechner by Mouftah, Nermeen

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Du lac Tchad à La Mecque. Le Sultanat de Borno et son monde (xvi e -xvii e siècle), written by Rémi Dewière by Chih, Rachida

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"Caring for the People": ZuriaFM - An Islamic Radio Station in Asante, Ghana by Pontzen, Benedikt

“…As an Islamic radio station, ZuriaFM stands as an exception in the heavily pentecostalized Ghanaian mediascape. In this essay, I locate this station in this…”
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"Where is My Region?" Geographical Representation and Textuality in Sokoto by Zehnle, Stephanie

“…This paper is devoted to geographical knowledge of the world and the definition of homeland and outland among the elite of the early Sokoto Caliphate (ca…”
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From Texts to Meanings: Close Reading of the Textual Cultures of Islamic Africa by Syed, Amir, Stewart, Charles

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African Salafism: Religious Purity and the Politicization of Purity by Østebø, Terje

“…There is much ambiguity in terms of how Salafism is understood as an empirical phenomenon and how it is used as an analytical concept. This is partly because…”
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Abdullahi dan Fodio and Muhammad Bello's Debate over the Torobbe-Fulani: Case Study for a New Methodology for Arabic Primary Source Material from West Africa by Naylor, Paul

“…This paper explores the conflict between Abdullahi dan Fodio and his nephew, Muhammad Bello, over the origin of their ethnic group, the Torobbe-Fulani…”
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Muwālāt and Apostasy in the Early Sokoto Caliphate by Kariya, Kota

“…'Uthmān b. Fūdī (d. 1817) launched a jihad in Hausaland in 1804 and was successful in establishing a strong polity known as the Sokoto Caliphate. During this…”
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