Pickens award for highestranking english major publications academic journals dehistoricizing islam in africa. Reading the sudanic self in amadou hampate ba s kaidara morehouse college, atlanta, ga may 2009 b. Panafril10n wiki interim hosting on anloc project link is to old version via. It carries unparalleled coverage of the languages, cultures and civilisations of these regions from ancient times to the present.
Ahmadou hampate ba, from whose writings i learnt about this figure, describes kaidaras name as indicating limit, finality, which may be taken as symbolizing. Shelton suny college, new pultz kuiduru kuyduru is the name of god of gold and knowledge among the fulbe of western senegal and upper guinea, so he is. Letrange destin du wangrin 1973the strange destiny of wangrin. Lilyan kesteloot and the history of african literature. The study of islam in africa has long been haunted by the spectre of the colonial myth of islam noirthe racialized idea that the islam of black africans is magical, mystical, and syncretic as opposed to the more violent and rational pure. He was a champion of africas oral tradition and traditional knowledge and is remembered for the saying. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The bulletin of the school of oriental and african studies is the leading interdisciplinary journal on asia, africa and the near and middle east. After his fathers death, he was adopted by his mothers second husband, tidjani amadou ali thiam of the toucouleur ethnic group. Discover book depositorys huge selection of amadou hampate ba books online. Lilyan kesteloot and the history of african literature guy ossito midiohouan for specialists as well as for african students, indeed even for the merely curious, lilyan kesteloot has been indisputably, among european critics of african literature, one of the most defining figures of the literary life of the black world for the past forty years. Beyond niamey is a blog of don osborn, author of african languages in a digital age, whose 16 years living and working in africa and asia include 11 in west africa 200004 in niger and 1 in east africa.
Amadou hampate ba 19001901 15 may 1991 was a malian writer, historian and. Ba, amadou hampate, kesteloot, lilyan, whitman, daniel. Dialogue intercultureletmondialisation, center for french studies, jawaharlal nehru university and center for french studies, york university, canada, jawaharlal nehru university, new delhi, 2006. After his fathers death, he was adopted by his mothers second husband, tidjani amadou. In 1983, i published a sufi interpretation of le regard du roi, in research in african literatures, an article in which i challenged the hitherto eurocentric interpretations of layes novel. Unwrap a complete list of books by amadou hampate ba and find books available for swap.
Pdf amadou hampate ba and the myths of african islam. Booksdvds containing the work of amadou hampate ba. Amadou hampate ba 19001901 15 may 1991 was a malian writer, historian and ethnologist. He was an influential figure in twentiethcentury african literature and cultural heritage. Islamic mystical resonances in fulbe literature journal.
Amadou hampate ba was born to an aristocratic fula family in bandiagara, the largest city in dogon territory and the capital of the precolonial masina empire. Page 4 21st century, department of english, jamiamilliaislamia, march 19, 2010, new delhi. In kaidara 19for the history of these reformist and counterreformist movements see brenners excellent. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Read more about the fortunes of wangrin and other books by amadou hampate ba. Koloniaren garaian funtzionario izan zen, eta independentziaren ondoren, giza zientzien institutua sortu zuen bamakon, eta maliren unescoko ordezkari izendatu zuten. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Letrange destin du wangrin 1973 the strange destiny of wangrin.
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