Arabic Literature of Africa, Volume 1

Writings of Eastern Sudanic Africa to C. 1900
Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-90-04-09450-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 13/1, 434 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 819 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East / Arabic Literature of Africa

Eventually to be completed in six volumes, Arabic Literature of Africa will provide a survey of Muslim authors writing in Arabic in Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa and a bibliography of their works. Falling within the tradition of the great works of Brockelmann and Sezgin, it will form a basic reference tool for the study of Arabic writing in areas of the African Islamic world that fall outside the parameters of these works. While primarily a work of reference, it will also attempt to provide an outline of the intellectual history of Muslim societies in the areas it covers: the Nile valley, East Africa and the Horn of Africa, West Africa and the western Sahara, from earliest times to the present.
The first volume covers Eastern Sudanic Africa (mainly the modern Sudan) until approximately 1900. It comprises twelve chapters organised by theme or period and aims to present as complete a coverage as the present state of our knowledge will allow.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunwick, John

O'Fahey, R S

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

R.S. O'Fahey was educated (B.A. & Ph.D.) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has taught at Khartoum and Edinburgh and presently holds a chair in Middle Eastern and African History at the University of Bergen. Previous books include 'Kingdoms of the Sudan' (with J.L. Spaulding), London 1974; 'State and Society in DÄr FÅ«r', London 1980; 'Land in DÄr FÅ«r' (with M.I. Abu Salim), Cambridge 1983, and 'Enigmatic Saint. AhÌ£mad ibn IdrÄ«s and the IdrÄ«sÄ« Tradition', London 1990.