A history of Islam in West Africa
London : Published for the University of Glasgow by the Oxford University Press, 1970. First Paperback Edition. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly dust-toned and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #420766
ISBN: 0192850385
Physical description; x, 262 pages coat of arms, genealogical table, 7 maps ; 21 cm. Series; Glasgow University publications. Oxford paperbacks ; 223. Notes' Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published in hardback 1962. 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. Subjects; Islam Africa, West. Africa, West History.
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