Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
West African Libraries
Libraries in West Africa
Author: Helen DaviesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A Guide to Original Sources for Precolonial Western Africa Published in European Languages
Author: J. D. FagePublisher: Madison, Wis. : African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
African Libraries, Book Production, and Archives
Author: Library of Congress. African SectionPublisher: Washington, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Travels in Western Africa, in 1845 & 1846
Author: John DuncanStandards of Practice for West African Libraries
Author: John E. DeanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Trans-Saharan Book Trade
Author: Graziano KrätliPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004187421
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Concerned with the history of scholarly production, book markets and trans-Saharan exchanges in Muslim African (primarily western and northern Africa), as well as the creation of manuscript libraries, this book consists of a collection of twelve essays that examine these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.
School Libraries in West Africa
Author: Robert Egerton CrookallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Elementary
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Libraries in West Africa, 1960-1971
Author: Helen DaviesBeyond Timbuktu
Author: Ousmane Oumar KanePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674969359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Renowned for its madrassas and archives of rare Arabic manuscripts, Timbuktu is famous as a great center of Muslim learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet Timbuktu is not unique. It was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Beyond Timbuktu charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day, examining the shifting contexts that have influenced the production and dissemination of Islamic knowledge—and shaped the sometimes conflicting interpretations of Muslim intellectuals—over the course of centuries. Highlighting the significant breadth and versatility of the Muslim intellectual tradition in sub-Saharan Africa, Ousmane Kane corrects lingering misconceptions in both the West and the Middle East that Africa’s Muslim heritage represents a minor thread in Islam’s larger tapestry. West African Muslims have never been isolated. To the contrary, their connection with Muslims worldwide is robust and longstanding. The Sahara was not an insuperable barrier but a bridge that allowed the Arabo-Berbers of the North to sustain relations with West African Muslims through trade, diplomacy, and intellectual and spiritual exchange. The West African tradition of Islamic learning has grown in tandem with the spread of Arabic literacy, making Arabic the most widely spoken language in Africa today. In the postcolonial period, dramatic transformations in West African education, together with the rise of media technologies and the ever-evolving public roles of African Muslim intellectuals, continue to spread knowledge of Islam throughout the continent.