Timbuktu unbound : Islamic texts, textual traditions and heritage in West Africa /: Islamic texts, textual traditions and heritage in West Africa. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann.
• Editors: Engmann, Rachel Ama Asaa
• Contents: Timbuktu Unbound: Islamic Texts, Textual Traditions and Heritage in West Africa.Colonialism and Book Culture: The Resistance of the Muslim Scholarly Communities in Northern Nigeria.A Treasure in Disarray: Reflections on the Institute of African Studies Arabic Manuscripts Collections.Efficacious Texts: Unraveling Nineteenth-Century Islamic Talismans in Asante (Ghana).Building Family and Community Ties Through Manuscripts.Flecks of Timbuktu on the Skin: Excavating the Unbound Aspects of a Manuscript Collection.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (163 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 297.0966; Islam -- Africa, West -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031348242
• Notes: Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.