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Sufism and Religious Brotherhoods in Senegal

by Khadim Mbacké , John Hunwick , Eric Ross
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781558763425
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Markus Wiener Publishers
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 162
  • Original Price: USD 22.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Revised
  • Item Weight: 245 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

This book is a study of the state of Islam in Senegal and of the religious factors that influence it. Islam in Senegal is characterized by the strong intrenchment of a certain number of Sufi brotherhoods. In effect, the majority of Senegal's 7.6 million Muslims consider adherence to a brotherhood, a tariqa, to be a religious obligation, in keeping with the well-known Sufi maxim, "He who does not have a shaykh will have Satan for a guide."

Mbacké traces the genesis and evolution of Sufism in order to explain the circumstances that permitted the emergence of Sufi brotherhoods. He describes the brotherhoods that are currently active in Senegal and depicts the means and manner of their diffusion, the lives of their founding figures, their basic teachings, their internal organization, the links they maintain with each other, and the role they play in the country's cultural, economic, social and political life. The book uses its study of the present condition of Senegal's Sufi brotherhoods to speculate on their future evolution.

Hunwick, John: - John Hunwick, editor (Northwestern University) is the author of several books on Islamic Africa, including West Africa, Islam and the Arab World and Jews of a Saharan Oasis: The Elimination of the Tamantit Community (also available from Markus Wiener). He is co-editor with Eve Trout Powell of The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam.

Mbacké, Khadim: - Khadim Mbacké (Director of Research in the Department of Language and Civilization, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire and Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar) is the author of Zouhour Al-Bassatin.

Ross, Eric: - Eric Ross teaches geography at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. He has conducted research on Sufi brotherhoods and Muslim towns in Senegal and on cultural tourism and urban design in Morocco

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