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Assan Sarr - Sufi Networks, Fulbe Itinerancy, Inbunden

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Sufi Networks, Fulbe Itinerancy

A History of Islam in Senegambia, c. 1803–1996

Av Assan Sarr

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1845 kr

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This book traces the development and expansion of a network of itinerant Fulbe clerics in southern Senegambia who forged solidarity under the banner of Islam. Beginning with a marabout named Cherno Muhammadu Jallow (c. 1803–1883)—who expanded the Umarian branch of the Tijaniyya sect into remote parts of the region—Assan Sarr demonstrates that some Fulbe groups were not drawn into Islam until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He argues that by creating a series of villages that served as educational centers during a tumultuous period, the itinerant scholars who are at the heart of this book not only spread Islam throughout the land of the Firdu, Saloum, and parts of the Gambia region but also played a pivotal role in establishing a widely shared Muslim identity among the Fulbe people.
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Assan Sarr is an associate professor in the Department of History in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and director of Center for African Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

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“This richly researched and highly original study convincingly demonstrates how, in the early 20th century, Umarian Tijani clerics harnessed ethnic connections, Sufi networks, and mobility to expand the reach of Islam among the Fulani-speaking people that straddle the borders of Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and The Gambia. This book is an extremely valuable addition to the historical literature on the Islamization of Senegambia.”—Cheikh Anta Babou is the author of Fighting the Greater Jihad (Ohio University Press, 2007) and the Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration and Place Making (Ohio University Press, 2021).

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