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

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