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| Authors: |
Hunwick, John O.
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| Title: |
West Africa, Islam, and the Arab world : studies in honor of Basil Davidson / John Hunwick. |
| Published: |
Princeton : Markus Wiener Publishers, c2006. |
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| Description: |
147 p. : map ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: |
Introduction to West Africa -- North Africa's links with Sub-Saharan Africa -- Islam in West Africa -- Timbuktu : a famous West African city of Islam and Arabic writing -- The Islamic manuscript heritage of Timbuktu -- Arabic as the Latin of Africa -- Non-Muslims and Muslims in the Arab world -- Arab views of Black Africans and slavery -- African-Arab relations in the twentieth century -- Honor to Basil Davidson -- Appendix I: The Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) -- Appendix II: Sudanic Africa : a journal of historical sources -- Appendix III: Conservation of West African Arabic manuscripts -- Appendix IV: Published manuscripts. |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1558763988 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781558763982 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Subject: |
Africa, West -- Civilization.
Africa, West -- Religion.
Africa, West -- Relations -- Arab countries.
Arab countries -- Relations -- Africa, West.
Africa, West -- Ethnic relations.
Islam -- Africa, West -- History.
Arabic language -- Africa, West -- History.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
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| HOLLIS number |
010248670 |
| Link to this record |
http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu//accessible.ashx?itemid=%7clibrary%2fm%2faleph%7c010248670
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