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"By 2013, many people worldwide had heard about Timbuktu as a center of learning where thousands of Arabic manuscripts are preserved, some of which were destroyed by fanatics during the French counteroffensive to halt the expansion of Islamists in Mali. But few people know that Timbuktu was only one of many centers of Islamic learning in precolonial West Africa. This book analyses the rise and transformation of Arabo-Islamic erudition in West Africa from the beginning of the spread of Islam through the colonial period to the twenty-first century. It highlights the contribution of Muslim scholars in the production and transmission of knowledge and in shaping state and society in West Africa. It argues that no study of the history of education or knowledge production in West Africa will be complete unless it pays attention to this intellectual tradition. The book further shows how European colonialism obstructs historiography so that we know so little about it. Finally, the book analyze the transformation of West African educational system, in the twentieth and twenty first century and shows that far from declining, the Islamic tradition of West Africa has gained vitality in the postcolonial period."--

Islamic learning and scholarship --- Education --- History. --- Political aspects --- Africa, West --- Intellectual life. --- Civilization --- Islamic influences. --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Muslim learning and scholarship --- Muslims --- Intellectual life --- Africa, Western --- West Africa --- Western Africa

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Cutting-edge research in the study of Islamic scholarship and its impact on the religious, political, economic and cultural history of Africa; bridges the "europhone"/"non-europhone" knowledge divides to significantly advance decolonial thinking

Islamic learning and scholarship --- Research --- Science --- Science research --- Scientific research --- Information services --- Learning and scholarship --- Methodology --- Research teams --- Muslim learning and scholarship --- Muslims --- Intellectual life --- Islamic learning and scholarship. --- Africa. --- Eastern Hemisphere --- African Studies. --- African languages. --- African literature. --- African studies. --- Ajami. --- Arabic script. --- Cerdis. --- History of religion. --- Islam. --- Islamic learning. --- Islamic scholarship. --- Islamic studies. --- James Currey. --- Maghreb. --- Mecca. --- Sahara. --- West Africa. --- cultural history. --- decolonial thinking. --- diasporas. --- europhone. --- female learning circles. --- history. --- intellectual exchange. --- madrasa. --- non-europhone. --- religion. --- social science research. --- twentieth century.

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The study of Islamic erudition in Africa is growing rapidly, transforming not just Islamic studies, but also African Studies. This interdisciplinary volume from leading international scholars fills a lacuna in presenting not only the history and spread of Islamic scholarship in Africa, but its current state and future concerns. Challenging the notion that Muslim societies in black Africa were essentially oral prior to the European colonial conquest at the turn of the 20th century, and countering the largely Western division of sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa, the authors take an inclusive approach to advance our knowledge of the contribution of people of African descent to the life of Mecca. This book explores in depth the intellectual and spiritual exchanges between populations in the Maghreb, the Sahara and West Africa. A key theme is Islamic learning. The authors examine the madrasa as a site of knowledge and learning, the relationship between "diasporas" and Islamic education systems, female learning circles, and the use of ICT. Diversifying the study of Islamic erudition, the contributors look at the interactions between textuality and orality, female learning circles, the vernacular study of poetry and cosmological texts, and the role of Ajami - the use of Arabic script to transcribe 80 African languages.

Islamic civilization. --- Islamic learning and scholarship --- Islamic learning and scholarship. --- Research --- Research. --- Africa.

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