The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Timothy Insoll

Book Overview

This comprehensive study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa charts the historical background and archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam across the Sudan, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Nigeria. Surveying a timespan from the immediate pre-Islamic period through to the present, Timothy Insoll analyzes the processes (jihad, trade, missionary activity, prestige) by which Islam spread. This book is relevant to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521657024
• ISBN13: 9780521657020
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 9.7"