A LIVING LIBRARY: AMADOU HAMPÂTÉ BÂ AND THE ORAL TRANSMISSION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE
This paper presents three previously unpublished texts that provide insight into Amadou Hampâté Bâ’s personal understanding of Islam and Sufism. Two of the texts are examples of Hampâté Bâ’s earliest attempts to translate the oral teachings of his spiritual teacher, Tierno Bokar, into French; the th...
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Brill
2010
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Islamic Africa
Year: 2010, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-215 |
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