A History of Islam in West Africa by Jspencer Trimingham
Among the great facts in the history of West Africa prior to the age of European penetration has been the propagation of Islam and the way it has changed African societies. This book is not an attempt to write a history of West Africa, but to show the way in which Islam spread and moulded the history of the western Sudan. Dr Trimingham's conclusion is that a fundamental change occurred, towards the end of the eighteenth century, in Islam's relationship to the indigenous African civilizations, which transformed it into a social and political force that ushered in a new age.J. Spencer Trimingham was Professor at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut, Lebanon. John O. Voll is Professor of History at Georgetown University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192850386 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192850385 |
| Title | A History of Islam in West Africa |
| Author | Jspencer Trimingham |
| Series | Oxford Paperbacks |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1970-05-21 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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