Islam and the West African Novel
Author: Ahmed S. Bangura
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780894108631
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Extending Edward Said's study of the Orientalist tradition in Western scholarship, Bangura traces the origins of contemporary misunderstandings of African Islam to the discourse of colonial literature. Western critics and writers, he observes, typically without access to Islam except through the colonialist tradition, have perpetuated unfounded, politically motivated themes.".