Between Social Skills and Marketable Skills: The Politics of Islamic Education in 20th century Zanzibar

Author:   Roman Loimeier
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   10
ISBN:  

9789004175426


Pages:   644
Publication Date:   02 June 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Between Social Skills and Marketable Skills: The Politics of Islamic Education in 20th century Zanzibar


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The present volume examines the development of Muslim traditions of reform in pre-colonial and colonial Zanzibar, focussing on patterns of cooperation between religious scholars and the British colonial state and highlights the effects of the Zanzibar revolution of 1964 on the development of Islamic education and Islamic traditions of learning in Zanzibar until today.

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Author:   Roman Loimeier
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   1.313kg
ISBN:  

9789004175426


ISBN 10:   9004175423
Pages:   644
Publication Date:   02 June 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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[...] Loimeier has not only recovered a remarkable tradition of Islamic scholarship and understanding but also made an important contribution to our appreciation of Islam in the modern world [...] Francis Robinson, The Journal of JRAS, Series 3, Volume 20/3 (2010)


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Roman Loimeier, Ph.D (1990) and Habilitation (1997) in Islamic Studies, University of Bayreuth (Germany), taught at the Universities of Bayreuth, Göttingen and Florida (Gainesville, Center for African Studies), and is presently research fellow at the Zentrum Moderner Orient (Berlin). He has published extensively on Muslim societies in sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, Senegal, Nigeria and Tanzania.

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