Jihad In West Africa During The Age Of Revolutions - 9780821422410

Introduction -- The Age of revolutions and the Atlantic World -- The origins of jihad in West Africa -- The jihad of ?^uthman dan Fodio in the central Bilad al-Sudan -- The economic impact of jihad in West Africa -- Jihad and the slave trade -- The repercussions of jihad in the Americas -- Sokoto, the jihad states, and the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade -- Empowering history : trajectories across the cultural and religious divide -- Appendix: Population estimates for the Sokoto caliphate, ca. 1905/15

• | Author: Paul E. Lovejoy
• | Publisher: Ohio University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 15, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0821422413
• | ISBN-13: 9780821422410