Islam in West Africa

Author:   Rudolph Ware
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
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9781474439794


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 June 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Islam in West Africa


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Africa is likely the only continent with a Muslim majority. More than a quarter of the world's 1.7 billion Muslims live in Africa, and Islam is the religion of more than 200 million West Africans. When and how did this come to be? How has the acceptance of Islam by West Africans shaped their history? And, conversely, how have West Africans shaped Islamic thought and practice? This book provides answers by exploring-from an internal perspective-what it has meant to be a West African Muslim. It charts the past from within Islam as a system of religious meaning, showing how West Africans have utilized the doctrines and dogmas of the faith to shape history. By focusing on theology and history, this book shows how ordinary men and women have made the core principles and practices of Islam meaningful.

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Author:   Rudolph Ware
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:  

9781474439794


ISBN 10:   1474439799
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 June 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Rudolph Ware is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Michigan.

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