{"product_id":"islamic-education-in-africa-9780253022707","title":"Islamic Education in Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edited volume is a welcome contribution to debates on Islamic schooling in Africa both past and present, and will be of interest to scholars working on 'indigenous' perspectives and 'alternative' types of education more broadly. It is relevant to anyone working on policy, educational decisionmaking and youth experiences of schooling in African countries with Muslim populations.\u003c\/p\u003e * Compare *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIslamic Education in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful reection that challenges Eurocentric knowledge on Islamic educational systems, harnessing a debate on alternative future landscapes for education and schooling in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Marta Scaglioni * AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIslamic Education in Africa\u003c\/em\u003e makes a significant contribution not only to our understandings of Islam in Africa but also to the broader study of how Islam is learned and woven into the fabric of society. By showing in meticulous detail the enduring and unwavering commitments of African Muslims to Islamic education while providing persuasive explanations about how and why knowledge transmission has continued to be the central bone of contention that divides them, it is a landmark in the anthropology of education.\u003c\/p\u003e * American Ethnologist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the debate on the decolonization of education in Africa gains increasing importance in academia, \u003ci\u003eIslamic Education in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful reflection that challenges Eurocentric knowledge on Islamic educational systems, harnessing a debate on alternative future landscapes for education and schooling in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Marta Scaglioni * African Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a very rich collection of articles that covers diverse perspectives on Islamic Education in Africa, written by some of the top-of-the-range experts in their respective fields. \u003c\/p\u003e * Muslim World Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaunay's edited volume is an excellent and timely contribution to the literature, likely to become a major reference on Islamic education on the African continent. Everyone with an interest in the topic should read it!\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Religion in Africa *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003eRobert Launay \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Classical Paradigm\u003cbr\u003e2. Styles of Islamic Education: Perspectives from Mali, Guinea, and The Gambia\u003cbr\u003eTal Tamari \u003cbr\u003e3 Orality and the Transmission of Qur'anic knowledge in Mauritania\u003cbr\u003eCorinne Fortier \u003cbr\u003e4. Islamic Education and the Intellectual Pedigree of Al-Hajj Umar Falke\u003cbr\u003eMuhammad Sani Umar \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstitutional Transformations\u003cbr\u003e5. Divergent Patterns of Islamic Education in Northern Mozambique: Qur'anic Schools in Angoche\u003cbr\u003eLiazzate Bonate \u003cbr\u003e6. Colonial Control, Nigerian Agency, Arab Outreach, and Islamic Education in Northern Nigeria, 1900-1966\u003cbr\u003eAlex Thurston \u003cbr\u003e7. Muslim scholars, Organic Intellectuals and the Development of Islamic Education in Zanzibar in the 20th Century \u003cbr\u003eRoman Loimeier\u003cbr\u003e8. The New Muslim Public School in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u003cbr\u003eAshley Leinweber \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInnovations and Experiments \u003cbr\u003e9. The al-Azhar School Network: A Murid Experiment in Islamic Modernism\u003cbr\u003eCheikh Anta Babou \u003cbr\u003e10. Mwalim Bi Swafiya Muhashamy-Said: A Pioneer of the Integrated (Madrasa) Curriculum in Kenya and Beyond\u003cbr\u003eOusseina D. Alidou \u003cbr\u003e11. Changes in Islamic Knowledge Practices in 20th-Century Kenya\u003cbr\u003eRüdiger Seesemann \u003cbr\u003e12. Walking to the Makaranta: Production, Circulation, and Transmission of Islamic Learning in Urban Niger\u003cbr\u003eAbdoulaye Sounaye \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlural Possibilities? \u003cbr\u003e13. How (Not) to Read the Quran? Logics of Islamic Education in Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire\u003cbr\u003eRobert Launay and Rudolph T. Ware III \u003cbr\u003e14. New Muslim Public Figures in West Africa\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin F. Soares \u003cbr\u003e15. Collapsed Pluralities: Islamic Education, Learning, and Creativity in Niger\u003cbr\u003eNoah Butler\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400559042903,"sku":"9780253022707","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253022707.jpg?v=1730470979","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/islamic-education-in-africa-9780253022707","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}