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Symbolic Confrontations. Muslims Imagining the State in Africa
No full textDonal Cruise O'Brien is a leading authority on Islam in Africa. This is a collection of his writing over the last 30 years, some significantly rewritten to render this a coherent book to use for teaching about the interplay between politics and Islam in Africa. The author's main argument is that much of politics in Africa is negotiated through use of symbols, and can not be separated from the religious origins and the systems of belief from which they originate. The book focuses on Senegal, a fascinating example of the spread of Muslim brotherhoods and their overarching influence on the construction and decision-making processes of the state
Les Fonctionnaires de l'Administration Centrale Sénégalaise. By Fatou Sow. Dakar: I.F.A.N., 1972, biblio. Pp. 220. (Initiations et études afr. 29).
No full textDavid Robinson Paths of Accommodation: Muslim societies and French colonial authorities in Senegal and Mauritania, 1880–1920. Athens OH: Ohio University PressOxford: James Currey2001, 340pp., £40.00, ISBN 0 85255 458 3 (hard covers), £16.95, ISBN 0 85255 457 5 (paperback).
No full textIndependence Described by French Political Scientists - Décolonisation et régimes politiques en Afrique noire. Edited by A. Mabileau and J. Meyriat. Paris: Armand Colin, 1967. Cahiers de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, no. 161. Pp. 276.
No full textCrawford Young: The African colonial state in comparative perspective. xii, 356 pp. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994. £28.50.
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