Introduction: Current Perspectives on Islamic Family Law in Africa

Abstract This special issue of Islamic Africa brings together new critical perspectives on the status of Islamic Family Law, commonly referred to as sharīʿa, within four African countries – Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and Senegal – each reflecting distinctive gendered cultural, colonial and postcolonia...

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Authors: Issaka-Toure, Fulera (Author) ; Alidou, Ousseina D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Islamic Africa
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 153-162
Further subjects:B Patriarchy
B Human Agency
B Legal pluralism
B Africa
B Sharīʿa
B gendered citizenship
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