Horn and Crescent: Cultural Change and Traditional Islam on the East African Coast, 800-1900

by Randall L. Pouwels

Book Overview

In this first major historical study of Islam among the Swahili, Randall Pouwels shows how Islam and other aspects of coastal civilization have evolved since about AD 1000 as an organic whole. Coastal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521323088
• ISBN13: 9780521323086
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"