Islam and Social Change in French West Africa: History of an Emancipatory Community (African Studies)

Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
List of maps and figures......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Note on orthographic conventions......Page 15
Abbreviations used in references......Page 17
Introduction......Page 19
IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE AND THE COLONIAL EPISODE......Page 22
TRADITIONS, REPERTOIRES, AND SOURCES......Page 29
STRUCTURE OF THE ARGUMENT......Page 40
PART ONE ‘‘THE SUFFERING OF OUR FATHER’’: STORY AND CONTEXT......Page 45
1 Sufism and Status in the Western Sudan......Page 47
THE WESTERN SUDANIC TRADITION......Page 50
THE MIDDLE SENEGAL VALLEY: COLONIAL INTERVENTION AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF AUTHORITY......Page 63
CONCLUSIONS......Page 77
2 Making a Revival: Yacouba Sylla and His Followers......Page 78
KAÉDI, NIORO, AND THE LIGHT OF A NEW REFORM......Page 80
YACOUBA SYLLA......Page 89
REVIVAL......Page 92
CONCLUSIONS......Page 100
A PRISON COMMUNITY......Page 101
FODIE SYLLA AND THE END OF MILITANCY......Page 107
CONSOLIDATING THE COMMUNITY......Page 111
RETURN TO ACTIVISM......Page 117
FROM HISTORY TO MYTH......Page 128
CONCLUSIONS......Page 134
PART TWO ‘‘I WILL PROVE TO YOU THAT WHAT I SAY IS TRUE’’: KNOWLEDGE AND COLONIAL RULE......Page 137
4 Ghosts and the Grain of the Archives......Page 139
THE GRAIN OF THE ARCHIVES: ISLAM, KNOWLEDGE, AND CONTROL......Page 144
GHOSTWRITERS IN THE ARCHIVES: RELIGIOUS COMPETITION AND BORROWED KNOWLEDGE IN THE COLONIAL LIBRARY......Page 156
MYTHS OF YACOUBA, MYTHS OF EMPIRE......Page 169
5 History in the Zâwiya: Redemptive Traditions......Page 177
SYNECDOCHE AND SUFISM: YACOUBA SYLLA, TILMÎDH SHAYKH  HAMAHU\'LLÂH......Page 180
A COMMUNITY OF SUFFERING......Page 189
GOD’S WORK: THE ZÂWIYA, THE PLANTATION, AND THE NATION......Page 197
CONCLUSIONS......Page 200
PART THREE ‘‘WHAT DID HE GIVE YOU?’’: INTERPRETATION......Page 205
6 Lost Origins: Women and Spiritual Equality......Page 207
WOMEN AS PARTICIPANTS......Page 209
MAHR, ADULTHOOD, AND HONOR......Page 213
THE VISION OF FATIMA......Page 218
STRUGGLES FOR CONTROL......Page 222
7 The Spiritual Economy of Emancipation......Page 226
DEFINING SLAVERY AND ABOLITION......Page 228
PATHS TO PERSONHOOD......Page 235
CONCLUSIONS......Page 242
8 The Gift of Work: Devotion, Hierarchy, and Labor......Page 245
WORK’S GIFTS......Page 246
THE GIFT OF HISTORY......Page 258
CONCLUSIONS......Page 267
9 ‘‘To Never Shed Blood’’: Yacouba, Houphouët, and Côte d’Ivoire......Page 271
DEFINING FREE LABOR......Page 274
GIVING AND MORAL TUTELAGE......Page 278
MORAL GEOGRAPHY......Page 287
GIFTS OF THE PAST......Page 293
Glossary......Page 307
ARCHIVES......Page 311
OTHER UNPUBLISHED AND PUBLISHED SOURCES......Page 312
Index......Page 313
Books in This Series......Page 325