Arabic Medieval Inscriptions from the Republic of Mali: Epigraphy, Chronicles, and Songhay-Tuareg History (Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History) [Hardcover]

P. F. de Moraes Farias (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0197262228 | ISBN-13: 978-0197262221 | Publication Date: April 15, 2004

Through Arabic transcriptions, English translations, line-drawing reconstructions, and plate illustrations, this volume catalogs the large number of eleventh-fifteenth century Arabic-Islamic inscriptions from the Republic of Mali. Moraes Farias reinterprets West African chronicles and oral traditions and demonstrates that the Tuareg and Songhay, peoples divided by civil war in the 1990s, share a composite history.

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Review

"The entire book is characterized by rigorously applied scholarly objectivity and innovative methodology....Moraes Farias accomplishes his task with no tedium for the reader, artfully constructing such arguments as his epigraphically inspired adjustments to chronology of the Mali Empire, Songhay ruling dynasties, Sahelian Muslim identification with the greater Islamic world, and other pathbreaking contributions."--David C. Conrad, State University of New York-Oswego

About the Author

P. F. de Moraes Farias is at Centre for West African Studies, University of Birmingham.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 616 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0197262228
• ISBN-13: 978-0197262221
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,127,989 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #83 in Books > History > Africa > Mali

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