Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia

by Marloes Janson

Book Overview

This monograph deals with the sweeping emergence of the Tablighi Jama'at - a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has its origins in the reformist tradition that emerged in India in the mid-nineteenth century - in the Gambia in the past decade. It explores how a movement that originated in South Asia could appeal to the local Muslim population - youth and women in particular - in a West African setting. By recording the biographical narratives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108403867
• ISBN13: 9781108403863
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"