Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
NYU Press (1998-11-01) (no date)
Description
Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously-researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. She details how, even while enslaved, many Muslims managed to follow most of the precepts of their religion. Literate, urban, and well-traveled, they drew on their organization, solidarity and the strength of their bel
Call number
Race Relations / Diouf
Subjects
ISBN
0-8147-1905-8 / 9780814719053
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