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PublisherOne World Publications
ISBN-101851682732
ISBN-139781851682737
eBay Product ID (ePID)1927612
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLegacy of Arab-Islam in Africa : a Quest for Inter-Religious Dialogue
Publication Year2001
SubjectSlavery, Africa / General, Islam / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, History
AuthorJohn Allembillah Azumah
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13.9 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width5.8 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
TitleLeadingThe
SynopsisThoughtful and challenging, this book argues for a reassessment of the role historically played by Islam in Africa, and offers new hope for in creased mutual understanding between African people of different faiths. Drawing on a wealth of sources, from the colonial period to the most up-to-date scholarship, the author challenges the widely held perception th at, while Christianity oppressed and subjugated the African people, Islam fitted comfortably into the indigenous landscape. Instead, this penetrating account reveals Muslim settlers to be as guilty of enforcing slavery and conversion as those of their more maligned sister tradition. Only with an acknowledgement of the true roles of both faiths in African history, suggests Azumah, can the people of both traditions move themselves and their continent towards a new future of tolerance and self-awareness., Thoughtful and challenging, this book argues for a reassessment of the role historically played by Islam in Africa, and offers new hope for in creased mutual understanding between African people of different faiths., The common perception is that Christianity in Africa was responsible for many injustices and harm to the culture and society of the continent, but Islam fitted well in Africa, and eschewed slavery. Azumah shows that Islam enslaved and forcibly converted as many African people as Christianity.
