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Islam and the state of Kajoorarticle 1974 • Colvin, Lucie Gallistel
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
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 a...The Shaykh's menessay 1987 • Colvin, Lucie Gallistel
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
This work presents an analysis of '…the political-economic culture of Senegambian societies, showing that certain of its features made familiar Islamic concepts and doctrines susceptible to unique interpretations' (p. 55). Societies of the Senegambia...