Ahmadu Bamba and Decolonization - The Power of Faith and Self-Reliance

This book presents Ahmadu Bamba as one of the pioneers of decolonization and non-violence in West Africa to examine his legacy as a man of unshakable faith, a humanist, a socio-cultural reformer, and a key agent in the decolonization of minds and spaces.

List of contents

Foreword by Fallou Ngom
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: West Africa: Ancestral Spiritual Beliefs and Islam
Chapter Two: West Africa: Resistance to Islam and European Colonialism
Chapter Three: Ahmadu Bamba Emerges: A Homegrown Tariqa
Chapter Four: Ahmadu Bamba: The Greatest Jihad
Chapter Five: Ahmadu Bamba Deconstructs Godlike Authority
Chapter Six: Ahmadu Bamba Rewrites the Colonial Landscape
Chapter Seven: Ahmadu Bamba Filters Local Customs and Traditions
Conclusion: Ahmadu Bamba Transcends Space and Time
References
About the Author

About the author

Cheikh M. Ndiaye is professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Union College.

Product details

• Authors: Cheikh M Ndiaye, Cheikh M Ndiaye, Cheikh M. Ndiaye
• Assisted by: Fallou Ngom (Foreword), Ngom Fallou (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2025
• EAN: 9781666923421
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-342-1
• No. of pages: 164
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; RELIGION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Religion & beliefs, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Religion and beliefs, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies