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The Library, Documentation and Information Department of
the African Studies Centre has compiled this web dossier on Islam in
Sub-Saharan Africa to coincide with the conference on ‘Islam, Disengagement
of the State, and Globalization in Sub-Saharan Africa’ held at UNESCO in
Paris on 12-13 May 2005. The conference was jointly organized by the African
Studies Centre (ASC) in Leiden and the
Centre d’Études d’Afrique Noire (CEAN)
in Bordeaux.
The dossier begins with background information about the conference and then
provides a list of titles on Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa and publications by
the conference participants. These sections are based on the ASC library's
collection and contain titles of books and articles published over the last
two decades. Each title links directly to the corresponding record in the
online catalogue that provides details about the title as well as abstracts
of articles and edited works. The dossier concludes with a number of web
resources on Islam in Africa. It complements the ASC's online
"Islam in Africa" bibliography.
- Background
- Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Publications by Conference Participants
- Selected Web Resources
For further information, please email us at
asclibrary@ascleiden.nl or
phone +31 (0)71 527 3354.
Since 2003, the African Studies Centre (ASC) and the Centre d’Études
d’Afrique Noire (CEAN) in Bordeaux have been running a collaborative project
to study Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project has received generous
funding from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with additional
support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Drawing on the combined
research expertise of the ASC and CEAN, the main objective of the project
has been to improve our understanding of Islam and Muslim societies given
the momentous changes of the last ten or fifteen years across the African
continent. Economic and political liberalization, democratization, the
weakening of the state (or in some cases even its collapse), increased
global interconnections, and the spread of new media technologies have all
had a dramatic impact on Africa. These processes have also influenced the
practice of Islam and Muslim societies in Africa in ways that are still not
well understood.
Funded by the ASC-CEAN project, more than a dozen academic researchers
working in countries across Africa have undertaken research on Islam with
particular reference to relations with the state, processes of political and
economic reform, globalization and transnationalism. Their individual
research projects, in countries such as Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania,
Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania, have
covered topics including Muslim youth, Muslim associations and activists,
Islamic NGOs, debates about Islamic law, secularism and minority rights, and
Muslims and the political process in both conflict and post-conflict
settings. Together, these research projects are making a major and timely
contribution to understanding Islam and Muslim societies in Sub-Saharan
Africa.
The culmination of the ASC-CEAN project was a conference entitled ‘Islam,
Disengagement of the State, and Globalization in Sub-Saharan
Africa’ / ‘Islam, Désengagement de l’État et Globalisation en Afrique
Subsaharienne’ that was held at UNESCO in Paris on 12-13 May 2005 at which
the project researchers presented papers to an audience of fellow
researchers and policymakers. The ASC and CEAN are planning to publish a
selection of these conference papers (in English and French). As part of the
project, a bibliography on Islam in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa has also
been prepared. This
bibliography, which can be consulted online, will be of
interest as a reference tool for students, academic researchers and
policymakers alike.
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Evers Rosander, Eva and David Westerlund (ed.)
African Islam and Islam in Africa : encounters between Sufis and Islamists.
- London : Hurst, cop. 1997. - X, 347 p. ; Uitg. i.s.m. het "Nordic Africa
Institute", Uppsala, Zweden. - Met bibliogr., index, noten. ISBN
1-85065-282-1, ISBN 1-85065-281-3 pbk
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Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn
Islamic societies in practice. - 2nd ed. - Gainesville, Fla : University
Press of Florida ; [London] : Eurospan, distributor], c2004. - x, 256 p. :
ill, maps, ports. Formerly CIP. - Previous ed.: published as Islamic society
in practice. 1994. - Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN
0-8130-2721-7 pbk
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Africa South of the Sahara, Topics:
Religion, Islam in Africa
Guide to Internet resourceson
Islam in Africa, prepared by Karen Fung (Stanford University) for the
Information and Communication Technology Group (ICTG), African Studies
Association, USA.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/religion/islam-in-africa.html
Institute for the Study of Islamic
Thought in Africa
ISITA is
located at the Program of African Studies,
Northwestern University. Inaugurated in
January 2001, ISITA is the first research center in the United States
specifically devoted to the study of African Islamic culture. The ISITa website
has information on history of Islam, Arabic literature of Africa, News & Events,
Colloquia, Publications, and links.
http://www.isita.org/
Muslim Cultures in Africa: Snapshots
of a Diverse Continent
Special page of the Art & Culture pages
of Islamonline.net, an organization based in Qatar, whose aim is, amongst
others, to “become a reference for everything that deals with Islam, its
sciences, civilization and nation”. The page is regularly updated with a
variety of materials such as articles, interviews, audio files, and photo
galleries that reflect the diversity of African-Islamic religious expression.
Also has a discussion forum.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/In_Depth/MuslimAfrica/index.shtml
Islam in Nigeria
Web dossier on Islam in Nigeria,
compiled in November 2002 bij the Library of the ASC Leiden, in connection with
the implementation of Islamic law (sharia) in the northern states of Nigeria.
http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Webdossiers/NigeriaAndIslam.aspx
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