First published 2000 in the United States of America by
Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701

Published 2000 in the United Kingdom by
James Currey Ltd, 73 Bodey Road, Oxford OX2 OBS

Published 2000 in Southern Africa by
David Philip Publishers (Pty) Ltd,
208 Werdmuller Centre, Newry Street, Claremont 7708, South Africa

© 2000 by Nehemia Levtzion and Randall L. Pouwels

Printed in the United States of America
All rights reserved

Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ™

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Jacket/cover photographs:

Front:	Mosque at San, Mali. Photograph by Eliot Elisofon, 1971 EEPA EECL 16303 Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution
Back:	Worshippers attending prayers at Mosque, Sokoto, Nigeria. Photograph by Eliot Elisofon, 1959 EEPA EECL 6353 Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The History of Islam in Africa / edited by Nehemia Levtzion and Randall L. Pouwels.

     p. cm.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  ISBN 0-8214-1296-5 (cloth: alk. paper). - ISBN 0-8214-1297-3 (paper:alk. paper)

1. Islam-Africa-History. I. Levtzion, Nehemia. II. Pouwels, Randall Lee, 1944-

BP64.A.1H62 1999

297'.096–dc21

99-27729

CIP

A CIP record of this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 0-85255-782-5 (James Currey cloth)

ISBN 0-85255-781-7 (James Currey paper)

ISBN 0-86486-454-X (David Philip paper)