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Islam and the state of Kajoor: a case of successful resistance to jihad

Journal of African history • 15 (4) • Published In 1974 • Pages: 587-606

By: Colvin, Lucie Gallistel.

Abstract

This is an historical study of the three unsuccessful clerical revolts or JIHADS against the Wolof state of Kajoor (Kayor) during the period of the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. These JIHADS are described as revival and reform movements among a people who almost universally professed a belief in Islam, but practiced a syncretistic form thereof. Colvin notes that the traditional view that these were '…wars between 'Pagans' and 'Muslims' is seen as a reflection of the social and political isolation of the clerics as a community, an understandable but on closer examination misleading interpretation based on uncritical reading of clerical sources' (p. 606).

HRAF PubDate

1999

Region

Africa

Sub Region

Western Africa

Document Type

article

Evaluation

Creator Type

Historian

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1998

Field Date

1968-1970

Coverage Date

eleventh-nineteenth centuries

Coverage Place

Kajoor (Kayor) region, Senegal

Notes

Lucie Gallistel Colvin

Includes bibliographical references

LCCN

63005723

LCSH

Wolof (African people)