Islam in West Africa

by Rudolph T. Ware

Book Overview

Africa is likely the only continent with a Muslim majority. More than a quarter of the world's 1.7 billion Muslims live in Africa, and Islam is the religion of more than 200 million West Africans. When and how did this come to be? How has the acceptance of Islam by West Africans shaped their history? And, conversely, how have West Africans shaped Islamic thought and practice?

This book provides answers by exploring-from an internal perspective-what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474439691
• ISBN13: 9781474439695
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages