From Rebels to Rulers

Writing Legitimacy in the Early Sokoto State

AvPaul Naylor

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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A reinterpretation of the history of Sokoto that provides a new assessment of its leaders and their visions for the Muslim state.Sokoto was the largest and longest lasting of West Africa's nineteenth-century Muslim empires. Its intellectual and political elite left behind a vast written record, including over 300 Arabic texts authored by the jihad's leaders: Usman dan Fodio, his brother Abdullahi and his son, Muhammad Bello (known collectively as the Fodiawa). Sokoto's early years are one of the most documented periods of pre-colonial African history, yet current narratives pay little attention to the formative role these texts played in the creation of Sokoto, and the complex scholarly world from which they originated. Far from being unified around a single concept of Muslim statecraft, this book demonstrates how divided the Fodiawa were about what Sokoto could and should be, and the various discursive strategies they used to enrol local societies into their vision. Based on a close analysis of the sources (some appearing in English translation for the first time) and an effort to date their intellectual production, the book restores agency to Sokoto's leaders as individuals with different goals, characters and methods. More generally, it shows how revolutionary religious movements gain legitimacy, and how the kind of legitimacy they claim changes as they move from rebels to rulers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-08-02
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:452 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Religion in Transforming Africa
Antal sidor:228
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9781847012708

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PAUL NAYLOR is a Cataloguer of West African Manuscripts at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, Minnesota. He has held teaching positions at Loyola University Chicago and Tulane University's Africana Studies Program.

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Naylor's study has bought some new dimensions to understanding the Sokoto empire through the texts written by its founders. The study not only allows one to understand the Sahelian territory but also helps to better map out the geographical, linguistic, cultural, and socio-political make-up of greater Africa. Naylor's study has reasonably succeeded in making accessible to the public a very specific part of Africa's history, which otherwise would have remained inaccessible. ... Paul Naylor must be congratulated for his contribution and bringing to light this much-needed volume.

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IntroductionThe Arabic Writings of the Fodiawa in their ContextA History of the HistoriographyApproaching Legitimacy1. Sources of Legitimacy in the Nineteenth-Century SahelFiqhKashfNasabConclusion2. Discourses of Dissent and ModerationLaying Claims to Legitimacy: Usman's Writings in the 1790sA Discourse of Dissent (c.1804-1810)A Discourse of Moderation (1810-1812)The Intellectual Challenge of Abdullahi dan Fodio (c.1812-1817)Conclusion: from Ijtihad to Taqlid3. 'Lesser of two evils': The Succession of Muhammad BelloDefending the Succession (1817)A Second Jihad (1817-1821)'Fear them not, but fear me': Enforcing Obedience to Bello's RuleCreating a Caliphate: Bello's Exchanges with Ahmad LobboConclusion4. 'God has subjugated this land for me': Bello's Rule of Sokoto 1821-1837Policies of Integration: The HausaPolicies of EnslavementPolicies of Exclusion: The TuaregPolicies of Sedentarisation: The FulaniMeanwhile, in Gwandu...ConclusionAppendix: Sokoto ChronologyBibliography