The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

NOTE EDITORE

This is the first general study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa. Timothy Insoll charts the historical background as well as the archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam across the Sudan, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Nigeria, surveying a time-span from the immediate pre-Islamic period through to the present. He also analyses in detail the syncretism which has occurred between Islam and African traditional religions, and looks at the processes - jihad, trade, missionary activity, prestige - by which Islam spread. This book will be of great relevance to scholars and students, as well as to all those interested in Africa, archaeology, religion and Islam.

SOMMARIO

1. The archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: an introduction; 2. Aksum to Adal: Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa; 3. The Nilotic Sudan; 4. The Eastern African Coast and offshore islands; 5. The Western Sahel; 6. The Central Sudan; 7. The West African Sudan and Forest; 8. The African interior: Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa; 9. Conclusions.

PREFAZIONE

This is the first general study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa from the immediate pre-Islamic period to the present day. Timothy Insoll charts the historical background and the archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam, and analyses its methods of conversion.

AUTORE

Timothy Insoll is Lecturer in Archaeology at the School of Art History and Archaeology of the University of Manchester.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780521651714
• Collana: Cambridge World Archaeology
• Dimensioni: 244 x 27 x 170 mm Ø 970 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 106 b/w illus. 19 maps
• Pagine Arabe: 488