Muslim Interpreters In Colonial Senegal, 1850–1920: Mediations Of Knowledge And Power In The Lower And Middle Senegal River Valley

This book explores the intermediary functions of Muslim interpreters in Senegal to affirm their status as active historical agents in the historiography on French colonial rule in West Africa, including themes such as the intersection of knowledge and power in a colonial context and Muslim identity formation and French assimilation.

• | Author: Tamba M'bayo
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Apr 12, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 234 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1498510000
• | ISBN-13: 9781498510004