Islam and social change in French West Africa : history of an emancipatory community
/ Sean Hanretta
Cambridge; UK; New York
: Cambridge University Press
, 2009.
xv, 311 p.:
ill., maps
Code E.Book: 2876
Index
Sufism and status in the western Sudan -- Making a revival : Yacouba Sylla and his followers -- Making a community : the "Yacoubists" from 1930-2001 -- Ghosts and the grain of the archives -- History in the Zâwiya : redemptive traditions -- Lost origins : women and spiritual equality -- The spiritual economy of emancipation -- The gift of work : devotion, hierarchy and labor -- "To never shed blood" : Yacouba, Houphouët, and the Côte d'Ivoire -- Gifts of the past.
Sylla, Yacouba, -1988 -- Influence
Sufis -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century.
Religious communities -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century.
Islam -- Social aspects -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century.
Social justice -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century.
عارفان -- آفریقای غربی -- تاریخ -- قرن ۲۰
Africa, West -- Religious life and customs
Africa, West -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
France -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.