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West Africa, Islam, and the Arab World (Paperback)
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West Africa, Islam, and the Arab World (Paperback)
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West Africa is defined as the area south of the Sahara between the
Atlantic and Lake Chad, encompassing the Sahel zone, tropical
forests, and pasturelands. West Africans speak languages belonging
to three major families: Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, and
Afro-Asiatic, as well as the official languages, French and
English, introduced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The
language of scholarship and learning has been Arabic since the
seventh century, when Arab merchants, soldiers, and missionaries
came south and established major trade routes. Timbuktu became a
center of commerce and learning, and kingdoms such as Ancient Ghana
emerged as major regional powers. This study, which provides an
overview of the region's history from medieval times to the
twentieth century, traces the developments following colonialism;
the effects of Arab nationalism on West African politics; the role
of the Israelis in helping to develop new states; the politics of
OPEC; and the rise of Islamic extremism.
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