Contesting Islam in Africa
Subtitle: homegrown Wahhabism and Muslim identity in northern Ghana, 1920-2010
By: Abdulai Iddrisu
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781594609169
Subjects: Wahhābīyah; Islamic religious education; Ulama; Muslims; Islamic sects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: General introduction; title: The world of Alhaji Yusuf Soalihu (Afa Ajura), 1890-1940; title: Politics of Muslim education, 1920-1950s; title: The Munchere-the rejectors and religious change, 1950-1970; title: Transnational Muslim education: social and religious mediation; title: The "returnee" ulama as elites: socio-economic transformation, 1970-2010; title: Conclusion.