Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

Av Timothy Insoll, Timothy (University of Manchester) Insoll, Norman Yoffee, Susan Alcock

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This is the first general study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa. Timothy Insoll charts the historical background as well as the archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam across the Sudan, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Nigeria, surveying a time-span from the immediate pre-Islamic period through to the present. He also analyses in detail the syncretism which has occurred between Islam and African traditional religions, and looks at the processes - jihad, trade, missionary activity, prestige - by which Islam spread. This book will be of great relevance to scholars and students, as well as to all those interested in Africa, archaeology, religion and Islam.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-07-03
Mått170 x 244 x 25 mm
Vikt950 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge World Archaeology
Antal sidor488
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521657020

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'… an enormously useful book … regional differences in approach and data availability are clear … One of the books strengths is that Insoll provides much background information for the advent of Islam in Africa and for the context of Muslim societies there … Insoll's thematic and continental synthesis is a stimulating pleasure to read and will long remain a valuable work of reference.' Cambridge Archaeological Journal