Renewers of the age : : holy men and social discourse in colonial Benaadir / / by Scott Reese.
Studies of nineteenth and twentieth century Islamic reform have tended to focus more on the evolution of ideas than how those ideas emerge from local contexts or are disseminated to a broad audience. Using the urban culture of southern Somalia, known as the Benaadir, this book explores the role of l...
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Superior document: | Islam in Africa, v. 9 |
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Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Islam in Africa ;
v. 9. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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