Beschreibung:
Roman Loimeier
Roman Loimeier is Associate Professor at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of G¿ttingen. He is author of Between Social Skills and Marketable Skills: The Politics of Islamic Education in Twentieth Century Zanzibar and Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria.
Preface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Geographical and Anthropological Setting1. Is there an African Islam?2. The bil¿d al-maghrib: Rebels, saints and heretics3. The Sahara as connective space4. Dynamics of Islamization in the bil¿d al-sÙd¿n5. The dynamics of jih¿d in the bilÁd al-sÙdÁn6. Islam in Nubia and Funj7. Egyptian colonialism and the Mahd in the Sudan8. Ethiopia and Islam9. Muslims on the Horn of Africa10. The East African Coast11. Muslims in Cape Town: Community and Dispute12. Muslims under Colonial RuleConclusionAppendixGlossary of Arabic termsNotesIndex