Migration, Jihad, and Muslim Authority in West Africa - by John H Hanson (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Using indigenous Arabic manuscripts, travel narratives, and oral materials, Hanson assesses the meaning of a series of revolts against Islamic authority.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>John H. Hanson's thoroughly researched study revises late-19th-century colonialist assumptions about a West African Muslim social movement. The book investigates three political crises that took place in Nioro, a town in the region of Karta in the upper Senegal River valley, conquered during a military jihad by Shaykh Umar Tal.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>JOHN H. HANSON is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is cotranslator and co-editor (with David Robinson) of After the Jihad: The Reign of Ahmad al-Kabir in the Western Sudan.</p>
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