The Historiography of Islam in Africa: The Last Decade (1960-1970)

Publisher： Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN： 1555-2462|14|3|403-424

ISSN： 0002-0206

Source： African Studies Review, Vol.14, Iss.3, 1971-12, pp. : 403-424

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Abstract

It is something of an understatement to say that the historiography of Islam in Africa came of age during the period 1960-1970. Looking back on this decade of active scholarship, and contrasting it with a previous era of “darkness” (a sort of jāhiliyya, at least for Western scholars), one cannot help but be astonished by the comparison. Before 1960 there were no university centers devoted to the study of Islam in Africa; there was only a handful of scholars fully engaged in Islamic studies, and of these very few trained in the historical discipline. With such a serious shortage of trained scholars, it is not surprising to note the absence of suitable historical monographs pertaining to the history of Islam in Africa.

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