| Migration, Jihad, and Muslim Authority in West Africa: The Futanke Colonies in Karta Contributor(s): Hanson, John H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253330882 ISBN-13: 9780253330888 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1996 Annotation: John H. Hanson's thoroughly researched study revises late-19th-century colonialist assumptions about a West African Muslim social movement. The book investigates three political crises that took place in Nioro, a town in the region of Karta in the upper Senegal River valley, conquered during a military jihad by Shaykh Umar Tal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - West - History | Africa - General - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 966.230 |
| LCCN: 95043340 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.12 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book is a readable, terse, theoretically developed treatment of an important episode in African history. --Journal of African History It is original and authoritative, certainly the best book we have on the heritage of Umar's conquests. --African History . . . lucid analysis of a changing jihad society. This study enlarges understanding not only of the Umarian empire but also of the jihad movements generally. --Choice John Hanson's thoroughly researched study revises late-19th-century colonialist assumptions about a West African Muslim social movement. Using indigenous Arabic manuscripts, travel narratives, and oral materials, Hanson assesses the meaning of a series of revolts against Islamic authority. |
