Black crescent
Subtitle: the experience and legacy of African Muslims in the Americas
By: Michael A. Gomez.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
Subjects: African Americans -- History; Africans -- America -- History; Muslims -- America -- History; Islam -- America -- History; Africans -- America -- Religion -- History; African Americans -- Religion -- History; Muslims, Black -- America -- History; Slavery -- America -- History; United States -- Race relations; America -- Race relations
Description: Beginning in Latin America in the 15th century, this text represents a social history of African Muslims and their descendants throughout the Americas, through to the post-slavery period of the 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ladinos, Gelofes, and Mandingas; title: Caribbean crescent; title: Brazilian sambas; title: Muslims in New York; title: Founding mothers and fathers of a different sort : African Muslims in the early North American South; title: Breaking away : Noble Drew Ali and the foundations of contemporary Islam in African America; title: The nation; title: Malcolm.