Arabic Literature of Africa, Volume 2 Writings of Central Sudanic Africa
Edited by John O. Hunwick and R.S. O'Fahey. Compiled by John O. Hunwick. With the Assistance of Razaq Abu Bakre, Hamidu Bobboyi, Roman Loimeier, Stefan Reichmuth and Muhammad Sani Umar. Editorial Consultant: Albrecht Hofheinz.
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Biographical note
John O. Hunwick, Ph.D. (1974) in Islamic Studies, University of London, is Professor of African History and of Religion at Northwestern University. He has published extensively on Islam in West Africa, including Sharī‘a in Songhay (Oxford, 1985).
R.S. O'Fahey was educated (B.A. & Ph.D.) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has taught at Khartoum and Edinburgh and presently holds a chair in Middle Eastern and African History at the University of Bergen. Previous books include Kingdoms of the Sudan (with J.L. Spaulding), (London, 1974); State and Society in Dār Fūr, (London, 1980); Land in Dār Fūr (with M.I. Abu Salim), (Cambridge, 1983), and Enigmatic Saint. Aḥmad ibn Idrīs and the Idrīsī Tradition, (London, 1990).
R.S. O'Fahey was educated (B.A. & Ph.D.) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has taught at Khartoum and Edinburgh and presently holds a chair in Middle Eastern and African History at the University of Bergen. Previous books include Kingdoms of the Sudan (with J.L. Spaulding), (London, 1974); State and Society in Dār Fūr, (London, 1980); Land in Dār Fūr (with M.I. Abu Salim), (Cambridge, 1983), and Enigmatic Saint. Aḥmad ibn Idrīs and the Idrīsī Tradition, (London, 1990).
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Academic libraries, specialists and students of Islamic literature, and of the history of Islam in Africa.
Reviews
'Die Zusammenarbeit der Mitautoren ...hat ein erstaunlich monogenes Werk zustandegebracht. Für die gigantische Aufgabe, die sie sich gestellt haben, verheißt dieser Band nur Gutes.'
Ulrid Rebstock, Die Welt des Islams, 1997.
'Grâce à cette formidable entreprise de catalogage, gageons que l'Afrique ne sera bientôt plus considérée comme une parente pauvre de l'orientalisme et de l'islamologie.'
C.H., Studia Islamica, 1998.
Ulrid Rebstock, Die Welt des Islams, 1997.
'Grâce à cette formidable entreprise de catalogage, gageons que l'Afrique ne sera bientôt plus considérée comme une parente pauvre de l'orientalisme et de l'islamologie.'
C.H., Studia Islamica, 1998.
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