The Edge of Islam: Power, Personhood, and Ethnoreligious Boundaries on the Kenya Coast

by Janet McIntosh

In this theoretically rich exploration of ethnic and religious tensions, Janet McIntosh demonstrates how the relationship between two ethnic groups in the bustling Kenyan town of Malindi is reflected in and shaped by the different ways the two groups relate to Islam. While Swahili and Giriama peoples are historically interdependent, today Giriama find themselves literally and metaphorically on the margins, peering in at a Swahili life of greater social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822345099
• ISBN13: 9780822345091
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"