The Khoja of Tanzania : : discontinuities of a postcolonial religious identity / / by Iqbal Akhtar.
The Khōjā of Tanzania, Discontinuities of a Postcolonial Religious Identity attempts to reconstruct the development of Khōjā religious identity from their arrival to the Swahili coast in the late 18th century until the turn of the 21st century. This multidisciplinary study incorporates Gujarati, Kac...
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| Superior document: | Studies of Religion in Africa, Volume 43 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies on religion in Africa ;
Volume 43. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Geneaology: The Origins of the Khōjā
- 2 The African Khōjā: From the Colonial Period to the Present
- 3 The Evolution of Khōjā Political Power: Religious Citizenship
- 4 The Khōjā Language: Quranic Gujarati
- 5 Khōjā Religious Texts: The Dōʾāōnō Majmūʾō
- 6 Ritual Space: Khōjā Shrines
- 7 The Body: The Khōjā Adoption of the Veil
- Conclusion
- Lexicon
- Bibliography
- Index.