Islam and the West African Novel : : The Politics of Representation / / Ahmed S. Bangura.
Ahmed Bangura argues that a deeply ingrained pattern of prejudice toward Islam in European-language writing on Africa has led to serious misreadings of many West African novels.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Africa, Islam, and the Legacies of Colonialism
- 3 Islam and Africanist Literary Criticism
- 4 Critical (Mis)Readings of Sembène Ousmane
- 5 Taming Islam: Aminata Sow Fall
- 6 The Quest for Orthodoxy in Ibrahim Tahir’s The Last Imam
- 7 Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book