Timbuktu unbound : Islamic texts, textual traditions and heritage in West Africa

Timbuktu unbound : Islamic texts, textual traditions and heritage in West Africa / Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann, editor.

Timbuktu Unbound: Islamic Texts, Textual Traditions and Heritage in West Africa is a cutting edge collection offering a reconsideration of manuscripts in Muslim West Africa. The contributors give voice to the dynamic ways in which textuality operates through technological innovations, ongoing habitu...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Engmann, Rachel Ama Asaa (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Series:Palgrave pivot.
Heritage studies in the Muslim world.
Subjects:
Islam > Africa, West > History.
Islam
West Africa
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Timbuktu Unbound: Islamic Texts, Textual Traditions and Heritage in West Africa
  • Tombouctou Sans Reliures: Textes Islamiques, Traditions Textuelles et Patrimoine en Afrique de l'Ouest
  • West African Manuscript Heritage
  • Texts, Textual Traditions and Textualities
  • References
  • Colonialism and Book Culture: The Resistance of the Muslim Scholarly Communities in Northern Nigeria
  • Colonialisme et Culture du Livre: la Résistance des Communautés Savantes Musulmanes au Nord du Nigéria
  • Introduction
  • Pre-Colonial Scholarly Communities in Hausaland
  • Scholarly Communities and Colonial Surveillance
  • Scholarly Resistance
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • A Treasure in Disarray: Reflections on the Institute of African Studies Arabic Manuscripts Collections
  • Un Trésor en Désordre: Réflexions sur les collections de manuscrits arabes de. l'Institut des Études Africaines
  • Introduction
  • The Scaholars behind the Scripts: The Dyulas and Hausas
  • Decolonizing Ghanaian History: Arabic Manuscripts as Indigenous Sources
  • Managing the Collection: Prioritization Superimposed over Standard Practices
  • Engaging the Manuscripts: Research, Translation and Publications
  • Conservation and Preservation
  • The Dawn of New Era: Revival of the IAS Arabic Project
  • Final Thoughts: The Way Forward
  • References
  • Efficacious Texts: Unraveling Nineteenth-Century Islamic Talismans in Asante (Ghana)
  • Textes Efficaces: Démêler les Talismans Islamiques du XIXe siècle à Asante (Ghana)
  • Introduction
  • Objects, Texts, Praxis and Controversies
  • Beginnings
  • Following the Trail...
  • Textual Things
  • Present Pasts
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Building Family and Community Ties Through Manuscripts
  • Introduction
  • Writing and Transmission
  • West Africa as a Center of Manuscript Production
  • Manuscripts Unbound
  • Collective Reading and the Creation of Family Ties
  • References
  • Flecks of Timbuktu on the Skin: Excavating the Unbound Aspects of a Manuscript Collection
  • Taches de Tombouctou sur la Peau: Fouillant les aspects non liés d'une collection de manuscrits
  • Preparations
  • A Recounting
  • A Taphonomic Accounting
  • A Ball-Point.

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