Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa

Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam's Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconception...

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1. Verfasser: Kane, Ousmane Oumar (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam's Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconceptions about Africa's Muslim heritage and its influence
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Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (296 Seiten)
ISBN:9780674969377
DOI:10.4159/9780674969377

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