The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa

Fallou Ngom, Mustapha H. Kurfi, Toyin Falola, Fallou Ngom, Mustapha H. Kurfi, Toyin Falola

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9783030457587
• eBook ISBN: 9783030457594
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: African History

This handbook generates new insights that enrich our understanding of the history of Islam in Africa and the diverse experiences and expressions of the faith on the continent. The chapters in the volume cover key themes that reflect the preoccupations and realities of many African Muslims. They provide readers access to a comprehensive treatment of the past and current traditions of Muslims in Africa, offering insights on different forms of Islamization that have taken place in several regions, local responses to Islamization, Islam in colonial and post-colonial Africa, and the varied forms of Jih?d movements that have occurred on the continent. The handbook provides updated knowledge on various social, cultural, linguistic, political, artistic, educational, and intellectual aspects of the encounter between Islam and African societies reflected in the lived experiences of African Muslims and the corpus of African Islamic texts.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Introduction
• Part I. History and Diffusion
• Part II. Institutions and Practices
• Part III. Islam and Creativity
• Part IV. African Muslims and Knowledge Systems
• Part V. Islam, Modernity and the Contemporary World
• Back Matter