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Author Loimeier, Roman, author

Title Islamic reform in twentieth-century Africa / Roman Loimeier
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Summary Based on 12 case studies (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Comoros), this book looks at patterns and peculiarities of different traditions of Islamic reform. Considering both Sufi- and Salafi-oriented movements in their respective historical contexts, it stresses the importance of the local context to explain the different trajectories of development
Notes Previously issued in print: 2016
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Specialized
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 5, 2017)
Subject Islam -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
Islam.
Africa.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781474427050
1474427057
9780748695430
0748695435