The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan AfricaCambridge University Press, 3 juil. 2003 - 470 pages This is the first general study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa. Timothy Insoll charts the historical background as well as the archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam across the Sudan, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Nigeria, surveying a time-span from the immediate pre-Islamic period through to the present. He also analyses in detail the syncretism which has occurred between Islam and African traditional religions, and looks at the processes - jihad, trade, missionary activity, prestige - by which Islam spread. This book will be of great relevance to scholars and students, as well as to all those interested in Africa, archaeology, religion and Islam. |
Table des matières
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISLAM IN SUBSAHARAN AFRICA AN INTRODUCTION | 1 |
AKSUM TO ADAL ETHIOPIA AND THE HORN OF AFRICA | 36 |
THE NILOTIC SUDAN | 86 |
THE EAST AFRICAN COAST AND OFFSHORE ISLANDS | 136 |
THE WESTERN SAHEL | 206 |
THE CENTRAL SUDAN | 263 |
THE WEST AFRICAN SUDAN AND FOREST | 314 |
THE AFRICAN INTERIOR EASTERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | 361 |
CONCLUSIONS | 397 |
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African traditional religions Aidhab already appear Arabic archaeological evidence archaeology of Islam architecture beads Begho Beja Borno burials central Sudan chapter Chittick Christian coastal contacts continent conversion to Islam culture Dahlak Darfur described early East African coast elements elsewhere Ethiopia ethnic example excavations existed figure Fulani Funj further Ghana glass gold groups Hausa historical sources Ibadi Ibn Battuta important Indian Ocean indicated Insoll interior interpreted Islam in sub-Saharan Islamisation island ivory jihad Kanem Kilwa kingdoms Koumbi Saleh Mali Mande material McIntosh mosque Muslim Muslim community Muslim world Niger Nilotic Nilotic Sudan nomadic non-Muslim notes Nubia origins patterns pottery pre-Islamic Qasr Ibrim recorded Red Sea referred region religious ruler Sahara settlement Shanga sherds Shinnie significance similar slaves southern stone structures sub-Saharan Africa suggests Swahili Timbuktu tombs town trade centres traditional religions Trimingham wares West Africa western Sahel Zanzibar Zimbabwe