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Writing boards and blackboards are emblematic of two radically
different styles of education in Islam. The essays in this lively
volume address various aspects of the expanding and evolving range
of educational choices available to Muslims in sub-Saharan Africa.
Contributors from the United States, Europe, and Africa evaluate
classical Islamic education in Africa from colonial times to the
present, including changes in pedagogical methods-from sitting to
standing, from individual to collective learning, from recitation
to analysis. Also discussed are the differences between British,
French, Belgian, and Portuguese education in Africa and between
mission schools and Qur'anic schools; changes to the classical
Islamic curriculum; the changing intent of Islamic education; the
modernization of pedagogical styles and tools; hybrid forms of
religious and secular education; the inclusion of women in Qur'anic
schools; and the changing notion of what it means to be an educated
person in Africa. A new view of the role of Islamic education,
especially its politics and controversies in today's age of
terrorism, emerges from this broadly comparative volume.
The first comprehensive analysis of Muslim movements of reform in
modern sub-Saharan AfricaBased on twelve case studies (Senegal,
Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya,
Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Comoros), this book looks at patterns
and peculiarities of different traditions of Islamic reform.
Considering both Sufi- and Salafi-oriented movements in their
respective historical contexts, it stresses the importance of the
local context to explain the different trajectories of
development.The book studies the social, religious and political
impact of these reform movements in both historical and
contemporary times and asks why some have become successful as
popular mass movements, while others failed to attract substantial
audiences. It also considers jihad-minded movements in contemporary
Mali, northern Nigeria and Somalia and looks at modes of
transnational entanglement of movements of reform. Against the
background of a general inquiry into what constitutes 'reform', the
text responds to the question of what 'reform' actually means for
Muslims in contemporary Africa.Key featuresBiographies of reformist
scholars complement the textCase studies are placed in the context
of the dynamics of 'reform' in the larger world of IslamAddresses
the importance of trans-national entanglements and their formative
powerFocuses on the dynamics of social and religious development,
the political dynamics of Islamic 'reform' and issues of youth,
generational change and gender
Writing boards and blackboards are emblematic of two radically
different styles of education in Islam. The essays in this lively
volume address various aspects of the expanding and evolving range
of educational choices available to Muslims in sub-Saharan Africa.
Contributors from the United States, Europe, and Africa evaluate
classical Islamic education in Africa from colonial times to the
present, including changes in pedagogical methods-from sitting to
standing, from individual to collective learning, from recitation
to analysis. Also discussed are the differences between British,
French, Belgian, and Portuguese education in Africa and between
mission schools and Qur'anic schools; changes to the classical
Islamic curriculum; the changing intent of Islamic education; the
modernization of pedagogical styles and tools; hybrid forms of
religious and secular education; the inclusion of women in Qur'anic
schools; and the changing notion of what it means to be an educated
person in Africa. A new view of the role of Islamic education,
especially its politics and controversies in today's age of
terrorism, emerges from this broadly comparative volume.
Muslim Societies in Africa provides a concise overview of Muslim
societies in Africa in light of their role in African history and
the history of the Islamic world. Roman Loimeier identifies
patterns and peculiarities in the historical, social, economic, and
political development of Africa, and addresses the impact of Islam
over the longue duree. To understand the movements of peoples and
how they came into contact, Loimeier considers geography, ecology,
and climate as well as religious conversion, trade, and slavery.
This comprehensive history offers a balanced view of the
complexities of the African Muslim past while looking toward Africa
s future role in the globalized Muslim world."
The 1970s and 1980s were times of political and religious turmoil
in Nigeria, characterized by governmental upheaval, and aggressive
confrontations between the Sufi brotherhoods and the Izala
movement. In Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern
Nigeria, Roman Loimeier explores the intermeshing of religion in
the struggle for political influence and preservation of the
interests of Nigerian Muslims. Loimeier's careful scholarship
combines astute readings of the work of previous scholars--both
published and unpublished--with archival material and the findings
of his own fieldwork in Nigeria. His work fills a substantial gap
in contemporary Nigerian studies. This book provides invaluable and
essential reading for serious students of Nigerian politics and of
Islamic movements in Africa.
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