Beyond Timbuktu
An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa
Nonfiction, History, Africa, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Ousmane Oumar Kane | ISBN: | 9780674969353 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | June 7, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ousmane Oumar Kane |
| ISBN: | 9780674969353 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | June 7, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconceptions about Africa’s Muslim heritage and its influence.
Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconceptions about Africa’s Muslim heritage and its influence.
