Guidance (Uwongozi) by Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui : : selections from the first Swahili Islamic newspaper / / translated by Kai Kresse, Hassan Mwakimako ; introduced and edited by Kai Kresse.

• Superior document: African Sources for African History, Volume 13
• VerfasserIn: Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali,
• TeilnehmendeR: Kresse, Kai,; Mwakimako, Hassan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: A Swahili-English edition.
• Language: English; Swahili
• Series: African sources for African history ; Volume 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (202 pages).
• Other title: Uwongozi.; Guidance (Uwongozi) by Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui: Selections from the First Swahili Islamic Newspaper. A Swahili-English Edition /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004335544
• ISSN: 1567-6951
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: translated by Kai Kresse, Hassan Mwakimako ; introduced and edited by Kai Kresse.

Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui wrote his essays of this Guidance ( Uwongozi ) collection in Mombasa between 1930 and 1932, providing social critique and moral guidance to Kenya’s coastal Muslims during a period of their decline during British colonial rule. The essays were initially published as a series of double-sided pamphlets called Sahifa (The Page), the first Swahili Islamic newspaper. Inspired by contemporary debates of Pan-Islam and Islamic modernism, and with a critical eye on British colonialism, this leading East African modernist takes issue with his peers, in a sharply critical and yet often humorous tone. Al-Amin Mazrui was the first to publish Islamic educational prose and social commentary in Swahili. This bi-lingual edition makes fascinating reading for specialists and general readers.