The ' Community of Helpers of the sunna': Islamic reform among the Songhay of Gao (Mali)
The author explores a rural group (Songhay of the Gao region) with a scriptural approach to Islam to bring more attention to Islamic reform as a factor of social change in rural Africa. He attempts to determine why radical reform has developed in a society which, until recently, has been portrayed a...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1990
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| In: |
Africa
Year: 1990, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 399-424 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Songhai (African people) B Mali B Rural population B Reform movement B People B Tree trunk Ethnology B Social change B Muslim |
| Summary: | The author explores a rural group (Songhay of the Gao region) with a scriptural approach to Islam to bring more attention to Islamic reform as a factor of social change in rural Africa. He attempts to determine why radical reform has developed in a society which, until recently, has been portrayed as having a vital system of animist worship and only a peripheral approach to Islam. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| Physical Description: | 1 graph. Darst., 1 Kt., 1 Tab., Lit. S. 422-423, Lit.Hinw. S. 422 |
| ISSN: | 0001-9720 |
| Contains: | In: Africa
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