Jihad of the Pen: The Sufi Literature of West Africa

by Amir Syed, Rudolph T. Ware, Zakary Wright

Outsiders have long observed the contours of the flourishing scholarly traditions of African Muslim societies, but the voices of the most renowned voices of West African Sufism have rarely been heard outside of their respective constituencies. This volume brings together writings by Uthman b. Fudi (d. 1817, Nigeria), Umar Tal (d. 1864, Mali), Ahmad Bamba (d. 1927, Senegal), and Ibrahim Niasse (d. 1975, Senegal), who, between them, founded the largest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774168631
• ISBN13: 9789774168635
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"