The arts and crafts of literacy: Islamic manuscript cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa
During the last two decades, the (re-)discovery of thousands of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa has questioned the long-standing approach of Africa as a continent only characterized by orality and legitimately assigned to the continent the status of a civilization of written l...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2017]
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| In: |
Studies in manuscript cultures (Volume 12)
Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in manuscript cultures
Volume 12 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Islam
/ Handwriting
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| Further subjects: | B
Conference program 2013 (Cape Town)
B Generals / HISTORY B Manuscripts (Africa, Sub-Saharan) Congresses B Islamic civilization Manuscripts Congresses B Manuscripts, Arabic (Africa, Sub-Saharan) Congresses B Manuscripts, African Conservation and restoration Congresses B Subsahara, Islam culture, manuscript |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9783110541649 |