Making and remaking mosques in Senegal / txt
by Cleo Cantone.
- xxvii, 408 p. [22 p.] of plates ill., maps 25 cm. book
- Islam in Africa v. 13 .
Originally presented as the author's thesis (PhD)--SOAS, University of London, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sudanese style mosques and their little known relatives in Futa Toro (15th-mid 19th century) -- The birth of the 'colonial mosque' : hybridity, French policy and Muslim identity (ca. 1820-1920) -- Regionalism, revivals and repercussions on Senegalese mosques (ca. 1920-1950s) -- The contemporary urban mosque phenomenon : mosquees confreriques, mosquees ibadou (1960s-present) -- Women, space and West African mosques.
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Mosques--Senegal. Women in Islam--History.--Senegal Islamic architecture--History.--Senegal Mosques--History.--Senegal