Swahili Muslim Publics and Postcolonial Experience

by Kai Kresse

Book Overview

Swahili Muslim Publics and Postcolonial Experience is an exploration of the ideas and public discussions that have shaped and defined the experience of Kenyan coastal Muslims. Focusing on Kenyan postcolonial history, Kai Kresse isolates the ideas that coastal Muslims have used to separate themselves from their "upcountry Christian" countrymen. Kresse looks back to key moments and key texts--pamphlets, newspapers, lectures, speeches, radio discussions--as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253037549
• ISBN13: 9780253037541
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher