Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674050822ISBN-10:674050827UPC:9780674050822Book Category:History, Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Africa, Islamic Studies, IslamBook Topic:West, HistorySize:9.50 x 6.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCM9KK5V6J
Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa
Renowned for its madrassas and archives of rare Arabic manuscripts, Timbuktu is famous as a great center of Muslim learning from Islam's Golden Age. Yet Timbuktu is not unique. It was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Beyond Timbuktu charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day, examining the shifting contexts...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674050822ISBN-10:674050827UPC:9780674050822Book Category:History, Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Africa, Islamic Studies, IslamBook Topic:West, HistorySize:9.50 x 6.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCM9KK5V6J
Kane, Ousmane Oumar: - Ousmane Oumar Kane is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society at Harvard Divinity School and Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University.
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