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Symbolic confrontations :

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1137055324

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9781137055323

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b385618

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Symbolic confrontations :

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[Book]

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Muslims imagining the state in Africa

First Statement of Responsibility

Donal B. Cruise O'Brien.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xi, 243 pages) : maps.

Text of Note

Introduction: Muslims Imagining the State in Africa -- Muslims Confronting the State -- Supping with the Devil: the Mouride Brotherhood and the Senegalese State, 1967-88 -- Sufi Symbolism and the State in Senegal, 1975-81 -- Taking on the Town: Mouride Urbanisation, 1945-2001 -- Coping with the Christians? Muslim Politics in Kenya -- Around the State: Community, Culture, Evasion -- The Shadow-politics of Wolofisation: Shuffling Along to Nationhood? -- The Showman and the State in Francophone Africa: the Legacy of Charles de Gaulle -- Where has the Lost Generation Gone? Youth and State in West Africa -- Engaging With the State: Democratic Dimensions -- Wails and Whispers: the People's Voice in African Muslim Politics -- Renegotiating the Senegalese Social Contract -- Does Democracy Require an Opposition Party? Consensual Symbolism and Elections in Africa.

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Donal 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 andDonal 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 andDonal 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",,,,,"Donal 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 forDonal 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 forteaching about the interplay between politics and Islam in Africa.Donal 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 forDonal 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 forteaching about the interplay between politics and Islam in Africa.Donal 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 forDonal 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 forteaching about the interplay between politics and Islam in Africa.Read less

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