The Sokoto Caliphate: History, economy and society
Author: H. Bobboyi
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13:
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Slavery, Commerce and Production in the Sokoto Caliphate of West Africa
Author: Paul E. Lovejoy
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781592212545
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection bringing together key essays on the history of slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate in West Africa. Paul Lovejoy's work explores the role of slavery in the consolidation of the largest state in Africa in the 19th century, located in the interior of what is now Nigeria, Niger, Benin and Cameroon. Particular attention is given to the importance of slavery in trade and production in the context of Islamic society.
The Sokoto Caliphate
Author: Murray Last
Publisher:
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 382
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKShari'ah on Trial
Author: Sarah Eltantawi
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2017-03-28
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0520293789
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn November of 1999, Nigerians took to the streets demanding the re-implementation of shari'ah law in their country. Two years later, many Nigerians supported the death sentence by stoning of a peasant woman for alleged sexual misconduct. Public outcry in the West was met with assurances to the Western public: stoning is not a part of Islam; stoning happens "only in Africa"; reports of stoning are exaggerated by Western sensationalism. However, none of these statements are true. Shari'ah on Trial goes beyond journalistic headlines and liberal pieties to give a powerful account of how Northern Nigerians reached a point of such desperation that they demanded the return of the strictest possible shari'ah law. Sarah Eltantawi analyzes changing conceptions of Islamic theology and practice as well as Muslim and British interactions dating back to the colonial period to explain the resurgence of shari'ah, with implications for Muslim-majority countries around the world.
Warfare in the Sokoto Caliphate
Author: Joseph P. Smaldone
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-11-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780521101424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe successful jihad of 1804 in Hausaland - perhaps the most important Islamic revolution in West African history, with consequences still apparent in Nigeria today - resulted in the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate, the largest and most enduring West African polity in the nineteenth century. The book is a full length study of traditional Sudanic military history, and an authoritative analysis of warfare in its most prominent Islamic state. After a brief survey of the evolution of Sudanic warfare and military organisation before 1800, Dr Smaldone examines the historical development and sociological implications of the two important revolutions in military technology which occurred in the nineteenth century: the adoption of cavalry during the jihad period and the introduction of firearms in the latter half of the century. He argues that these two revolutions were causal factors in producing two structural transformations in the emirates of the Caliphate, first from relatively egalitarian combatant communities to feudal systems, and then to centralised bureaucratic state organisations.
The Fulani Empire of Sokoto
Author: Hugh Anthony Stephens Johnston
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 358
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKReligion and the Making of Nigeria
Author: Olufemi Vaughan
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2016-11-10
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 0822373874
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Religion and the Making of Nigeria, Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Using a wealth of archival sources and extensive Africanist scholarship, Vaughan traces Nigeria’s social, religious, and political history from the early nineteenth century to the present. During the nineteenth century, the historic Sokoto Jihad in today’s northern Nigeria and the Christian missionary movement in what is now southwestern Nigeria provided the frameworks for ethno-religious divisions in colonial society. Following Nigeria’s independence from Britain in 1960, Christian-Muslim tensions became manifest in regional and religious conflicts over the expansion of sharia, in fierce competition among political elites for state power, and in the rise of Boko Haram. These tensions are not simply conflicts over religious beliefs, ethnicity, and regionalism; they represent structural imbalances founded on the religious divisions forged under colonial rule.
Jihād in West Africa During the Age of Revolutions
Author: Paul E. Lovejoy
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780821422403
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction -- The Age of revolutions and the Atlantic World -- The origins of jihād in West Africa -- The jihād of Ô̂uthman dan Fodio in the central Bilād al-Sūdān -- The economic impact of jihād in West Africa -- Jihād and the slave trade -- The repercussions of jihād in the Americas -- Sokoto, the jihād states, and the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade -- Empowering history : trajectories across the cultural and religious divide -- Appendix: Population estimates for the Sokoto caliphate, ca. 1905/15
A History of Nigeria
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-04-24
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1139472038
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant official corruption and an ailing economy. Toyin Falola, a leading historian intimately acquainted with the region, and Matthew Heaton, who has worked extensively on African science and culture, combine their expertise to explain the context to Nigeria's recent troubles through an exploration of its pre-colonial and colonial past, and its journey from independence to statehood. By examining key themes such as colonialism, religion, slavery, nationalism and the economy, the authors show how Nigeria's history has been swayed by the vicissitudes of the world around it, and how Nigerians have adapted to meet these challenges. This book offers a unique portrayal of a resilient people living in a country with immense, but unrealized, potential.
From Slavery to Aid
Author: Benedetta Rossi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-08-25
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 1107119057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores transformations in the relationship between ecology, politics and labour in the Nigerien Sahel over two centuries.
