Islam in Africa 3600-AF-IA

This course encompasses the following problems: victorious march of Islam in Northern Africa and the beginnings of the Arab rule; the spread of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa (islam in Takrur, Silla, in the Wolof empire and in medieval Ghana); Islamisation of the medieval Mali; the role of Islam in consolidation of the Songhai empire in times of Sonni and Askia; the development of Islam on Hausa territories during the reign of the Habe dynasties; history of Islam in Kanem-Borno empire; the spread of Islam in the forest zone; the role of Diula in the process of Islamisation; the period of stagnation and Fulani-Tukuler renewal of Islam; the rise of the theocratic states in Futa Jalon and Futa Toro, in Bondu and Dina; the jihad of the Fulani and creation of the Sokoto caliphate; the echos of the uprising of Usman dan Fodio in Borno, Nupe and Yoruba; the jihad of Al-Hajj Umar Tall; Islam in the face of the colonial conquest; the empire of Samori Ture; special features of African Islam: The phenomenon of the Black Islam and its tolerant character; the civilisation of Islam in Black Africa (the rise and development of states, Islamic schools and science, the role of Arabic writing and language); African art under the influence of Islam; architecture styles, Muslim clothes and adornments; the influence of Islam on figurative art; the attitude of Islam towards traditional religions and Christianity; the role of the Muslim brotherhoods; the influence of the foreign Muslim movements in Black Africa (wahhabism, Ahmadiyya); Religious ferment in Nigeria (introduction of shari’a, Mai Tatsine, Boho Haram); the development of Islam in Eastern Africa; class and ethnic struggle on Zanzibar; religious antagonisms in Uganda, Kenia and Tanzania; the activities of Al-Qaida in Eastern Africa; the contacts of Eastern Africa with the Middle East; a summary of the course.