Political Islam in West Africa State-society relations transformed. - XI, 221 p. ill.

Bibliogr., index

Preface -- Map of West Africa -- West African Islam : emerging political dynamics / William F.S. Miles -- Niger : Islamist identity and the politics of globalization / Robert B. Charlick -- Nigeria : the quest for a viable religious option / Roman Loimeier -- Mali : accommodation or coexistence? / Victor Le Vine -- Mauritania : clash of authoritarianism and ethnicity / Cédric Jourde -- The Gambia : Islam and politics / Momodou N. Darboe -- Senegal : shades of Islamism on a sufi landscape / Leonardo A. Villalón -- West Africa transformed : the new mosque-state relationship / William F.S. Miles -- Bibliography -- The contributors -- Index -- About the book.

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Islam and politics--Africa, West


Africa, West--Politics and government--1960-