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Author Bangura, Ahmed S

Title Islam and the West African Novel : the Politics of Representation
Published Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (180 pages)
Contents Series page; Title page; copyright page; Contents; Preface; ch1-Introduction; ch2-Africa, Islam, and the Legacies of Colonialism; Notes; ch3-Islam and Africanist Literary Criticism; Notes; ch4-Critical (Mis)Readings of Sembène Ousmane; Notes; ch5-Taming Islam: Aminata Sow Fall; Charity as a Religious Obligation (Zakat?); Voluntary Charity (Tatauwu?); Contractual Charity; Marabout-Prescribed Charity; Notes; ch6-The Quest for Orthodoxy in Ibrahim Tahir's The Last Imam; Notes; ch7-Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Book
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Subject West African fiction -- History and criticism
Islam in literature.
Islam and politics -- Africa, West
Politics and literature -- Africa, West
Islam -- Africa, West -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
Islam
Islam and politics
Islam in literature
Politics and literature
West African fiction
West Africa
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781626373679
1626373671