Guidance (Uwongozi) by Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui selections from the first Swahili Islamic newspaper : a Swahili-English edition
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...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Leiden, Boston
Brill
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | African sources for African history
volume 13 |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | XIX, 181 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9004335501 90-04-33550-1 9789004335509 978-90-04-33550-9 |