Islam and the West African Novel: The Politics of Representation

192 Pages·2000·23.034 MB·English

by  Ahmed S. Bangura

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and
the
Islam
West
African
Novel
A Three Continents Book
Islam AND
THE
West
African
Novel
THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION
Ahmed
Bangura
S.
LYNNE
RIENNER
PUBLISHERS
BOULDER
LONDON
.W37
B36
2000
Published in the United States ofAmerica in 2000 by
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
1800 30th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301
www.rienner.com
and in the United Kingdom by
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8LU
© 2000 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bangura, Ahmed S., 1960-
Islam and the West African novel : the politics of representation /
Ahmed S. Bangura.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-89410-863-8 (he alk. paper)
— :
1. West African fi—ction History and criticism. 2. Islam in—literature.
3. Islam—and politics A—frica, West. 4. Politics and literature Africa, West.
5. Islam Africa, West History. I. Title.
PL8014.W37B36 2000
809.3'938297—dc21
99-056007
British Cataloguing in Publication Data
A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book
is available from the British Library.
Printed and bound in the United States ofAmerica
@ The paper used in this publication meets the requirements
of the American National Standard for Permanence of
Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984.
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Contents
Preface vii
Introduction
1 1
2 Africa, Islam, and the Legacies of Colonialism 9
3 Islam and Africanist Literary Criticism 23
4 Critical (Mis)Readings of Sembene Ousmane 55
5 Taming Islam: Aminata Sow Fall 81
6 The Quest for Orthodoxy in Ibrahim Tahir’s The Last Imam 107
7 Conclusion 131
Glossary 149
Bibliography 151
Index 165
About the Book 171
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