Permanent Pilgrims : : The Role of Pilgrimage in the Lives of West African Muslims in Sudan / / C Bawa Yamba.
West African pilgrims in Sudan believe that walking across the savannas and desert is the only proper way of performing the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. However, their journey appears to stop halfway in Sudan, where many of them reside in stranger enclaves as fourth- and fifth-generation immigrants....
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Yamba, C Bawa, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Permanent Pilgrims : The Role of Pilgrimage in the Lives of West African Muslims in Sudan / C Bawa Yamba. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©1995 1 online resource (240 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda International African Library : IAL Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The history of West African migration to Sudan -- Chapter 3 The rural dwellers: moral virtues, secular constraints -- Chapter 4 The urban dwellers: landlords, clients, fakis and beggars -- Chapter 5 The Islamic pilgrimage and the West African subculture in Sudan -- Chapter 6 Divine design and its consequences for the achievement of pilgrimage in this life -- Chapter 7 The pilgrimage as a paradigm for life -- Appendix I: In the field -- Appendix II: Some brief biographical notes on the key informants quoted in the test -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star West African pilgrims in Sudan believe that walking across the savannas and desert is the only proper way of performing the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. However, their journey appears to stop halfway in Sudan, where many of them reside in stranger enclaves as fourth- and fifth-generation immigrants. Describing themselves as transients, they see these villages as temporary stations on their way to Mecca. This book examines life in a set of pilgrim villages to show how the concept of pilgrimage is maintained. It examines why these people allow themselves to live in a state of permanent transition, and argues that here pilgrimage is a symbolic journey analogous to life itself. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) African Studies. HISTORY / Africa / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110780475 print 9780748605927 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474473699 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474473699 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474473699/original |
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