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The Jakhanke : the history of an Islamic clerical people of the Senegambia
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The Jakhanke : the history of an Islamic clerical people of the Senegambia / Lamin O. Sanneh.
ISBN
0429486758
0429943903
0429943911
042994392X
9780429486753
9780429943904
9780429943911
9780429943928
1138597929
9781138597761
9781138597921
Publication
London : Routledge, 2018.
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1 online resource
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Summary
When originally published in 1979, this was the first comprehensive study of the Jakhanke in any language. Despite the 19th ambience of jihad, the Jakhanke maintained their tradition of consistent pacifism and political neutrality which is unique in Muslim Black Africa. Drawing on histories, interviews, and colonial reports the book traces the details of the Jakhanke pilgrimages and analyses important themes such as their system of education, their function as dream-interpreters and amulet-makers and finally the dependence of their way of life on the institution of slavery.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Sanneh, Lamin O. Jakhanke. London : Routledge, 2018
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
African ethnographic studies of the 20th century ; volume 58
Contents
Introduction: Historical Interpretation and sources
1. the Birth of the Jakhanke Islamic Clerical Tradition . c1200-c.1500
2. The emergence of the Core Clans of Jakhanke Clerics c.1200-c.1700
3. Jakhanke Centres in Bundu c.1700-c1890
4. Momodou-Lamin Darame and Patterns of Jakhanke Dispersion in Senegambia: The 19th Century
5. The Jakhanke in Futa Jallon: The 19th Century
6. Touba and the Colonial Misfortune: The Expropriation of Touba's Clerical Privilege 1905-11
7. Jakhanke Educational Enterprise
8. Prayers, Dreams and Religious Healing
9. Slavery, Islam and the Jakhanke
10. Conclusions
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