The archaelogy of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author:Thimothy Insoll

Summary:This is the first general study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa from the immediate pre-Islamic period to the present day. Timothy Insoll charts the historical background and the archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam, and analyses its methods of conversion.

Print Book, English, 2003

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003

Physical Description:XV, 470 p. : il. ; 25 cm

ISBN:

9780521657020, 0521657024

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:912560760

Subjects:

Musulmanes África subsahariana

Musulmanes África

Contents:

1. The archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: an introduction; 2. Aksum to Adal: Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa; 3. The Nilotic Sudan; 4. The Eastern African Coast and offshore islands; 5. The Western Sahel; 6. The Central Sudan; 7. The West African Sudan and Forest; 8. The African interior: Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa; 9. Conclusions.

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Bibliografía: p. [406]-445