History Of Islam In Africa

Title Page, Copyright Page

The Historl1 ofls1am il1 Africa N ..... 1 1. SENEGAL 2. The GAMBIA 3. GUINEA BISSAU 4. SIERRA LEONE 5. LIBERIA 6. TOGO 7. BENIN 8. EQUATORIAL GUINEA 9. ERITREA 10. DJIBOUTI 11. RWANDA 12. BURUNDI 13. MALAWI 14. SWAZILAND 15. LESOTHO MILES o 800 Political Map of Africa The HistoM1 ofls1am il1 Africa edited by Nehemia Levtzion & RandallL. Pouwels Ohio University Press Athens James Currey Oxford David Philip Cape Town First published 2000 in the United States of America by Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701 Published 2000 in the United Kingdom by James Currey Ltd, 73 Bodey Road, Oxford OX2 OBS Published 2000 in Southern Africa by David Philip Publishers (Pty) Ltd, 208 Werdmuller Centre, Newry Street, Claremont 7708, South Africa© 2000 by Nehemia Levtzion and Randall L. Pouwels Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ƒtm 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 9 8 7 6 Jacket/cover photographs: Front: Mosque at San, Mali. Photograph by Eliot Elisofon, 1971 EEPA EECL 16303 Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution Back: Worshippers attending prayers at Mosque, Sokoto, Nigeria. Photograph by Eliot Elisofon, 1959 EEPA EECL 6353 Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The History of Islam in Africa / edited by Nehemia Levtzion and Randall L. Pouwels. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8214-1296-5 (cloth: alk. paper). - ISBN 0-8214-1297-3 (paper:alk. paper) 1. Islam-Africa-History. I. Levtzion, Nehemia. II. Pouwels, Randall Lee, 1944BP64 .A.1H62 1999 297'·096–dc21 99-27729 CIP A CIP record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-85255-782-5 (James Currey cloth) ISBN 0-85255-781-7 (James Currey paper) ISBN 0-86486-454-X (David Philip paper) ...