Living knowledge in West African Islam
Subtitle: the sufi community of Ibrahim Niasse
By: by Zachary Valentine Wright
Series: Islam in Africa -- volume 18
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9789004288072; 9789004289468
Subjects: Sufism; History; Tijānīyah
Description: Living Knowledge in West African Islam examines the actualization of religious identity in the Muslim community of Ibrahim Niasse (d. 1975, Senegal). The realization of Islam was achieved through the enduring West African practice of learning in the physical presence of exemplary masters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references 293-321) and index.