Veils, Turbans, And Islamic Reform In Northern Nigeria (African Expressive Cultures) - 9780253036544

Material religion and Islamic reform in northern Nigeria -- Islamic dress, textile production, and trade in the time of the Sokoto Caliphate -- Muslim identity, Islamic scholarship, and cloth connections in Ilorin -- The Sardauna's turbans -- Veiling, gender, and fashion -- Performing pilgrimage : worship and travel, textiles and trade -- Marks of progress : Islamic reform and industrial textile production in Kaduna -- Failures of modernity and Islamic reform : dress and deception in northern Nigeria in the 21st century -- Epilogue. Moral imagination, material things, and Islamic reform

• | Author: Elisha P. Renne
• | Publisher: Indiana University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 16, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 260 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Religion
• | ISBN-10: 0253036542
• | ISBN-13: 9780253036544