Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1469-901x|16|3|317-339
ISSN： 0034-4125
Source： Religious Studies, Vol.16, Iss.3, 1980-09, pp. : 317-339
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Abstract
Social and political scientists, historians and others, have put forward a number of widely differing views concerning the ‘character’ of Islamic millenarian and/or Mahdist movements in Africa. The same is true of course with regard to the opinions ofscholars concerning the transformative capacity of Islam as an ideology. In this paper I want to look at one aspect only of Islamic millenarianism in the West African context, viz. its allegedly revolutionary character.
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