Lansine Kaba
Biographic Data
| ID | 138904 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lansine Kaba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lansine |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaba |
| SIGNATURE | KABA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Archers, Musketeers, and Mosquitoes
This chapter examines the Moroccan invasion and the causes of its failure mainly from a West African point of view. It focuses on the twenty-one years of Songhay resistance from 1591 until 1612 when the Moroccan commander &s;Ali-ben-Abdallah-et-Talamsānī first refused to give battle to the Songhay forces, and then deposed the legitimate military governor. The chapter predicts on the view that Morocco&s;s commercial relations with Europe in part s…
Obama and (in) the democracy in America
"The Atlantic Slave Trade Was Not a "Black-on-Black Holocaust
This article, which derives from the wisdom of my Koranic teachers in Kankan, Guinea, as well as the dedication of the Africanist community, discusses the question of the representation of Africa in general, and especially the claim made by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that Africans committed a Holocaust-type crime by selling other blacks to whites. To refute this allegation, I rely on my familiarity with the literature on the quasi-universality of sl…
Hommage au professeur Ibrahima Baba Kaké
A New Era Dawns in Guinea
Agricultural Innovation in the Early Islamic World
The Pen, the Sword, and the Crown
This paper examines the origin of the Askiya dynasty in Songhay, with an emphasis on the alliance between the militant ‘ ulamā ’ and the commanders of the northwestern province during the reign of Sonni 'Alī (1464–1492). The inadequacy of Sonni 'Alī's policy for dealing with the polarization in the cities, the increased role of the officers in these political matters, the rise of militant Islam and the division of the army: all these contributed …
Archers, Musketeers, and Mosquitoes
This paper reinterprets the invasion of Songhay by the Sa'did Sultan Mulāy al-Mansūr's mercenaries led by the Pasha Judar. The battle of Tondibi in March 1591, and the subsequent defeat of the Askiya Isḥāq II, marked a turning point in both Moroccan and West African history. The paper assumes a strong relation between the invasion, the Mediterranean problems and the commercial needs of the Sa'did. Al-Mansūr wanted to regain control of the gold tr…
Muslim Brotherhoods in 19th-Century Africa
Guinean Politics
In contrast with the study of pre-colonial societies characterised by well- established traditions, the writing on contemporary Africa seems to be in the stage of infancy. Thus it has largely avoided assessing the performance of 'revolutionary'leaders in an objective manner, and has often exhibited paternalism, idolisation, or dogmatism. If the study of modern history and politics aims at what actuallyis, rather than at what might be or ought to …
The Cultural Revolution, Artistic Creativity, and Freedom of Expression in Guinea
The interdependence between art and society, and the subsequent question of the function of art, belong to the old debate which has divided the artistic world into two broad factions. Radical writers and critics, sometimes labelled as 'revolutionary', think that the artistic universe is intimately connected with the socio-political context in which creativity takes place, and hence that art must play an active rôle in the society. The 'conservati…
The Politics of Quranic Education among Muslim Traders in the Western Sudan
RÉSUMÉL'histoire de l'enseignement coranique et les tentatives de l'adapter aux exigences modernes constituent une phase importante de l'évolution culturelle et politique des populations musulmanes d'Afrique noire. Cet article est une contribution à l'étude de l'Islam à la fois comme une religion et une idéologie nationaliste. Il traite de la réforme wahhabi ou subbanu, mouvement qui s'est développé en Afrique occidentale sous l'effet du pèlerina…
The Wahhabiyya
Ideology and African History
Archers, Musketeers, and Mosquitoes
This paper reinterprets the invasion of Songhay by the Sa'did Sultan Mulāy al-Mansūr's mercenaries led by the Pasha Judar. The battle of Tondibi in March 1591, and the subsequent defeat of the Askiya Isḥāq II, marked a turning point in both Moroccan and West African history. The paper assumes a strong relation between the invasion, the Mediterranean problems and the commercial needs of the Sa'did. Al-Mansūr wanted to regain control of the gold tr…
The Cultural Revolution, Artistic Creativity, and Freedom of Expression in Guinea
The interdependence between art and society, and the subsequent question of the function of art, belong to the old debate which has divided the artistic world into two broad factions. Radical writers and critics, sometimes labelled as 'revolutionary', think that the artistic universe is intimately connected with the socio-political context in which creativity takes place, and hence that art must play an active rôle in the society. The 'conservati…
The Pen, the Sword, and the Crown
This paper examines the origin of the Askiya dynasty in Songhay, with an emphasis on the alliance between the militant ‘ ulamā ’ and the commanders of the northwestern province during the reign of Sonni 'Alī (1464–1492). The inadequacy of Sonni 'Alī's policy for dealing with the polarization in the cities, the increased role of the officers in these political matters, the rise of militant Islam and the division of the army: all these contributed …
Muslim Brotherhoods in 19th-Century Africa
Guinean Politics
In contrast with the study of pre-colonial societies characterised by well- established traditions, the writing on contemporary Africa seems to be in the stage of infancy. Thus it has largely avoided assessing the performance of 'revolutionary'leaders in an objective manner, and has often exhibited paternalism, idolisation, or dogmatism. If the study of modern history and politics aims at what actuallyis, rather than at what might be or ought to …
The Politics of Quranic Education among Muslim Traders in the Western Sudan
RÉSUMÉL'histoire de l'enseignement coranique et les tentatives de l'adapter aux exigences modernes constituent une phase importante de l'évolution culturelle et politique des populations musulmanes d'Afrique noire. Cet article est une contribution à l'étude de l'Islam à la fois comme une religion et une idéologie nationaliste. Il traite de la réforme wahhabi ou subbanu, mouvement qui s'est développé en Afrique occidentale sous l'effet du pèlerina…
"The Atlantic Slave Trade Was Not a "Black-on-Black Holocaust
This article, which derives from the wisdom of my Koranic teachers in Kankan, Guinea, as well as the dedication of the Africanist community, discusses the question of the representation of Africa in general, and especially the claim made by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that Africans committed a Holocaust-type crime by selling other blacks to whites. To refute this allegation, I rely on my familiarity with the literature on the quasi-universality of sl…
Ideology and African History
The Wahhabiyya
The Cultural Revolution, Artistic Creativity, and Freedom of Expression in Guinea
The interdependence between art and society, and the subsequent question of the function of art, belong to the old debate which has divided the artistic world into two broad factions. Radical writers and critics, sometimes labelled as 'revolutionary', think that the artistic universe is intimately connected with the socio-political context in which creativity takes place, and hence that art must play an active rôle in the society. The 'conservati…
The Politics of Quranic Education among Muslim Traders in the Western Sudan
RÉSUMÉL'histoire de l'enseignement coranique et les tentatives de l'adapter aux exigences modernes constituent une phase importante de l'évolution culturelle et politique des populations musulmanes d'Afrique noire. Cet article est une contribution à l'étude de l'Islam à la fois comme une religion et une idéologie nationaliste. Il traite de la réforme wahhabi ou subbanu, mouvement qui s'est développé en Afrique occidentale sous l'effet du pèlerina…
Guinean Politics
In contrast with the study of pre-colonial societies characterised by well- established traditions, the writing on contemporary Africa seems to be in the stage of infancy. Thus it has largely avoided assessing the performance of 'revolutionary'leaders in an objective manner, and has often exhibited paternalism, idolisation, or dogmatism. If the study of modern history and politics aims at what actuallyis, rather than at what might be or ought to …
Muslim Brotherhoods in 19th-Century Africa
Archers, Musketeers, and Mosquitoes
This paper reinterprets the invasion of Songhay by the Sa'did Sultan Mulāy al-Mansūr's mercenaries led by the Pasha Judar. The battle of Tondibi in March 1591, and the subsequent defeat of the Askiya Isḥāq II, marked a turning point in both Moroccan and West African history. The paper assumes a strong relation between the invasion, the Mediterranean problems and the commercial needs of the Sa'did. Al-Mansūr wanted to regain control of the gold tr…
Agricultural Innovation in the Early Islamic World
The Pen, the Sword, and the Crown
This paper examines the origin of the Askiya dynasty in Songhay, with an emphasis on the alliance between the militant ‘ ulamā ’ and the commanders of the northwestern province during the reign of Sonni 'Alī (1464–1492). The inadequacy of Sonni 'Alī's policy for dealing with the polarization in the cities, the increased role of the officers in these political matters, the rise of militant Islam and the division of the army: all these contributed …
A New Era Dawns in Guinea
Hommage au professeur Ibrahima Baba Kaké
"The Atlantic Slave Trade Was Not a "Black-on-Black Holocaust
This article, which derives from the wisdom of my Koranic teachers in Kankan, Guinea, as well as the dedication of the Africanist community, discusses the question of the representation of Africa in general, and especially the claim made by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that Africans committed a Holocaust-type crime by selling other blacks to whites. To refute this allegation, I rely on my familiarity with the literature on the quasi-universality of sl…
Obama and (in) the democracy in America
Archers, Musketeers, and Mosquitoes
This chapter examines the Moroccan invasion and the causes of its failure mainly from a West African point of view. It focuses on the twenty-one years of Songhay resistance from 1591 until 1612 when the Moroccan commander &s;Ali-ben-Abdallah-et-Talamsānī first refused to give battle to the Songhay forces, and then deposed the legitimate military governor. The chapter predicts on the view that Morocco&s;s commercial relations with Europe in part s…
Political science (10 works) · History (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · African history and culture analysis (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (5 works)