Muslim Societies in Africa

A Historical Anthropology

Roman Loimeier

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780253007889
• eBook ISBN: 9780253027320
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: African History
• Index: History

Muslim Societies in Africa provides a concise overview of Muslim societies in Africa in light of their role in African history and the history of the Islamic world. Roman Loimeier identifies patterns and peculiarities in the historical, social, economic, and political development of Africa, and addresses the impact of Islam over the longue durée. To understand the movements of peoples and how they came into contact, Loimeier considers geography, ecology, and climate as well as religious conversion, trade, and slavery. This comprehensive history offers a balanced view of the complexities of the African Muslim past while looking toward Africa's future role in the globalized Muslim world.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction: The Geographical and Anthropological Setting
• 1 Is There an "African" Islam?
• 2 The Bilād al-Maghrib: Rebels, Saints, and Heretics
• 3 The Sahara as Connective Space
• 4 Dynamics of Islamization in the Bilād al-S#363;dān
• 5 Dynamics of Jihād in the Bilād al-Sūdūn
• 6 Islam in Nubia and Funj
• 7 Egyptian Colonialism and the Mahdī in the Sudan
• 8 Ethiopia and Islam
• 9 Muslims on the Horn of Africa
• 10 The East African Coast
• 11 Muslims on the Cape: Community and Dispute
• 12 Muslims under Colonial Rule
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Glossary of Arabic Terms
• Sources for Further Reading
• Index