Overview
- Addresses the variety of Islamic experience in Africa
- Offers in-depth research of each region and the central themes and preoccupations of Muslims who live there
- Written by a diverse group of leading scholars taking a variety of disciplinary approaches
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This handbook generates new insights that enrich our understanding of the history of Islam in Africa and the diverse experiences and expressions of the faith on the continent. The chapters in the volume cover key themes that reflect the preoccupations and realities of many African Muslims. They provide readers access to a comprehensive treatment of the past and current traditions of Muslims in Africa, offering insights on different forms of Islamization that have taken place in several regions, local responses to Islamization, Islam in colonial and post-colonial Africa, and the varied forms of Jihād movements that have occurred on the continent. The handbook provides updated knowledge on various social, cultural, linguistic, political, artistic, educational, and intellectual aspects of the encounter between Islam and African societies reflected in the lived experiences of African Muslims and the corpus of African Islamic texts.
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Keywords
Table of contents (33 chapters)
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History and Diffusion
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Institutions and Practices
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Islam and Creativity
Reviews
“The purpose of life is to know, speak, and be useful to one another, a wise Senegalese imam tells us, and the compelling essays of this volume are offered in just such generous spirit. That God is multilingual and Islam polycentric are blessings extending to us all, as we gratefully learn through the voices of thirty-plus scholars, the majority from sub-Saharan Africa which is, after all, home to over one sixth of the world’s Muslims.” (Allen F. Roberts, Distinguished Professor of World Arts and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
“An authoritative work on Islam and Sudanic Africa from pre-colonial time to date. For anyonelooking for an exertion that is marked by depth and breadth of analytical rigor in the reinterpretation of old narratives and injection of new thoughts in a readable language, this is an effort sui generis.” (Amidu. O. Sanni, Vice-Chancellor, Fountain University, Nigeria)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Fallou Ngom is Professor of Anthropology at Boston University, USA.
Mustapha H. Kurfi is Senior Lecturer at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria.
Toyin Falola is University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa
Editors: Fallou Ngom, Mustapha H. Kurfi, Toyin Falola
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45759-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45758-7Published: 27 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45761-7Published: 27 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45759-4Published: 26 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 774
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Islamic Theology, Religion and Society, African Culture, African History, African Politics, African Literature