Arabic literature of Africa
By: general editors, J.O. Hunwick and R.S. O'Fahey.
Contributors: Hunwick, John O.; O'Fahey, R. S.
Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten,
Publisher: E.J. Brill; Brill Academic Pub; Brill
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 755
Subjects: Manuscripts, Arabic -- Africa -- Catalogs.; Arabic literature -- Africa -- Bio-bibliography.; Africa -- Civilization -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs.; Africa -- Civilization -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The writings of eastern Sudanic Africa to c. 1900 / compiled by R.S. O'Fahey, with the assistance of Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Salim ... [et al.].; title: v. 2. The writings of central Sudanic Africa / compiled by John O. Hunwick, with the assistance of Razaq Abubakre ... [et al.]; title: v. 3, fasc. A. The writings of the Muslim peoples of Northeastern Africa / compiled by R.S. O'Fahey, with the assistance of Hussein Ahmed ... [et al.]; title: v. 4. The writings of western Sudanic Africa / compiled by John O. Hunwick, with the assistance of Ousmane Kane ... [et al.]