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Africa (10)
A history of Islam in Africa; includes articles about Muslim practice and activity on the continent, regional variations, a timeline, bibliography and links.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section7.shtml
A paper by Abdulaziz Y. Lodhi and David Westerlund; covers the history and development of Islam in the country, from its introduction to the 1990s.
http://www.islamfortoday.com/tanzania.htm
A summary overview of Muslim expansion in Africa.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/ISLAM.HTM
A brief overview of the empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhay, and significant rulers.
http://www.globaled.org/nyworld/materials/african2.html
Seeks to raise awareness of Africa's rich Islamic intellectual and literary heritage by encouraging collaboration between scholars. Includes a short history of Islam in Africa, and information about their partners, publications and events.
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies/programs_isia.html
An account of the rise of the empire which at its height controlled territory from Libya to Lake Chad to Hausaland.
http://www.playahata.com/pages/bhfigures/bhfigures22.html
Histories of Mali, Songhay, Kanem-Bornu, and Hausaland, with sections on trade in the Sahel, and on Islam. Also includes a photo gallery and glossary.
http://webusers.xula.edu/jrotondo/Kingdoms/
A translation of an excerpt from "The Essays" (c 860 CE) on the Zanj (Black Africans of East Africa).
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/860jahiz.html
An article by Prof. A. Rahman I. Doi on Islam in W Africa, from 850 CE, including short accounts of the empires of Ghana, Mali, Songhay, and Kanem Bornu.
http://members.tripod.com/worldupdates/islamintheworld/id26.htm
Online exhibition presents manuscripts from Timbuktu, covering the 16th to the 18th centuries.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/
Last Updated: 2007-01-02 16:38:38
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