Permanent Pilgrims : The Role of Pilgrimage in the Lives of West African Muslims in Sudan
Record details
- ISBN: 9781474473699
- ISBN: 1474473695
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (240 p.).
remote - Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©1995
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The history of West African migration to Sudan -- Chapter 3 The rural dwellers: moral virtues, secular constraints -- Chapter 4 The urban dwellers: landlords, clients, fakis and beggars -- Chapter 5 The Islamic pilgrimage and the West African subculture in Sudan -- Chapter 6 Divine design and its consequences for the achievement of pilgrimage in this life -- Chapter 7 The pilgrimage as a paradigm for life -- Appendix I: In the field -- Appendix II: Some brief biographical notes on the key informants quoted in the test -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Language Note: | In English. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022). |
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