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Author Saho, Bala

Title Contours of Change : Muslim Courts, Women, and Islamic Society in Colonial Bathurst, the Gambia, 1905-1965
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (216 pages)
Series African History and Culture
African history and culture.
Contents Advent of colonial rule: shaping the legal landscape -- Changing traditions and marriage laws: seeyi, lu ko taka, tasul ko (divorce is more complicated than consummation of marriage) -- Making the city: the Gambia colony and the Protectorate, 1816-1965 -- Qadi court: crisis of legitimization -- Qadis, complainants, and settlements: case studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-182) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Muslims -- Gambia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Marriage law -- Gambia -- History -- 20th century
Marriage (Islamic law) -- Gambia -- History -- 20th century
Muslim women -- Gambia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
Marriage (Islamic law)
Marriage law
Muslim women -- Social conditions
Muslims -- Social conditions
Gambia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781609175498
1609175492
9781628953176
1628953179