The formation of an 'Islamic sphere' in French Colonial West Africa

Economy and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-519

  Launay, Robert ^a   Soares, Benjamin F ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonialism; French West Africa; Hamallah; Islam; Sufism; Wahhabiyya

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CULTURAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; ISLAMISM; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0032786095     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085149900000015     Document Type: Article

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