The History of Islam in Africa

Introduction - patterns of Islamization and varieties of religious experience, N. Levtzion and R.L. Pouwels. Part 1 The gateways: Egypt and North Africa, Peter von Sivers; the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, M.N. Pearson. Part 2 West Africa: Islam in the Bilad al-Sudan to 1800, N. Levtzion; the Juula and the expansion of Islam into the forest, Ivor Wilks; the Eastern Sudan to 1822, Jay Spaulding; revolutions in the Western Sudan, David Robinson; the Eastern Sudan, 1822 to the present, John O. Voll; Islam in Africa under French colonial rule, Jean-Louis Triaud; Islam in West Africa - radicalism and the new ethic of disagreement, 1960-1990, Lansine Kaba; religious pluralisms in Nothern Nigeria, William F.S. Miles. Part 3 Eastern and Southern Africa: Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, Lidwien Kapteijns; the East African coast, c.780 to 1900ce, R.L. Pouwels; the coastal Hinterland and interior of East Africa, David C. Sperling and Jose H. Kagabo; East Central Africa, Edward A. Alpers; Islam in South Africa, 1652-1998, Robert C.-H. Shell; radicalism and reform in East Africa, Abdin Chande. Part 4 Islamic ways of life: Islamic law in Africa, Allan Christelow; Muslim women in African history, Roberta Ann Dunbar; Islamic education and scholarship in sub-Saharan Africa, Stefan Reichmuth; Sufi brotherhoods in Africa, Knut Viko; prayer, amulets and healing, David Owusu-Ansah; Islamic art and material culture in Africa, Rene Bravmann; Islamic literature in Africa, Kenneth W. Harrow; music and Islam, Eric Charry.