Historic Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Timbuktu to Zanzibar

by Stephane Pradines and Stphane Pradines

This book is the first comprehensive synthesis on mosques in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing together sites from more than twenty states from sub-Saharan Africa; and more than 285 monuments, from the IXth to the XIXth centuries. This monograph is divided into three large geographical areas, from the earthen mosques of West Africa, to the Nile Valleys and the Horn of Africa, and to the Indian Ocean shores and Swahili coral stone mosques. This book is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004445544
• ISBN13: 9789004445543
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 368 Pages