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Islam and social change in French West Africa : history of an emancipatory community /
Exploring the history and religious community of a group of Muslim Sufi mystics who came largely from socially marginal backgrounds in colonial French West Africa, this study shows the relationship between religious, social, and economic change in the region. It highlights the role that intellectual...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | African studies series ;
110. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- -- Part One. "The Suffering of Our Father": Story and Context. 1. Sufism and Status in the Western Sudan
- - 2. Making a Revival: Yacouba Sylla and His Followers
- - 3. Making a Community: The "Yacoubists" from 1930 to 2001
- -- Part Two. "I Will Prove to You That What I Say Is True": Knowledge and Colonial Rule. 4. Ghosts and the Grain of the Archives
- - 5. History in the Zawiya: Redemptive Traditions
- -- Part Three. "What Did He Give You?": Interpretation. 6. Lost Origins: Women and Spiritual Equality
- - 7. The Spiritual Economy of Emancipation
- - 8. The Gift of Work: Devotion, Hierarchy, and Labor
- - 9. "To Never Shed Blood": Yacouba, Houphouet, and Côte d'Ivoire
- -- Conclusions.