Cantone, Cleo.

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

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