Faces of Islam in African Literature

by Kenneth W. Harrow

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In the works of many prominent African writers, Islam provides a key component, and yet until now Islam has been ignored, unseen or glossed over in English literary criticism. This volume redresses this imbalance and focuses on Islam in the works of authors such as Camara Laye, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Sembene Ousmane, Birago Diop and Hampate Ba. It also includes studies on Songhay epics, Swahili and Somali poetry, Senegalese film, and the role of Sufism and Mouridism.… (more)

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In the works of many prominent African writers, Islam provides a key component, and yet until now Islam has been ignored, unseen or glossed over in English literary criticism. This volume redresses this imbalance and focuses on Islam in the works of authors such as Camara Laye, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Sembene Ousmane, Birago Diop and Hampate Ba. It also includes studies on Songhay epics, Swahili and Somali poetry, Senegalese film, and the role of Sufism and Mouridism.

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Islam has shaped the culture of more than a third of the continent, and provides a critical component in the works of many prominent African writers. Yet critics often perpetuate the notion that black African literatures are an amalgam of traditional African and Western literary cultures. The contributions in this collection range widely throughout much of Africa but are carefully linked in a comparative context through the introduction and the regional overviews.

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