Farouk Topan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 108172 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Farouk Topan |
| NOMBRES | Farouk |
| APELLIDO | Topan |
| FIRMA | TOPAN F |
| AFILIACIONES | SOAS University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5593-1513 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1974 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Governance and Islam in East Africa
Recent studies of Muslims in Kenya and Tanzania have tended either to examine governance of Muslims in relation to security issues, or to discuss the reforms attempted within communities and their implications for Muslim theology, rituals and general welfare. Both these approaches are covered in this book, and a third is added – the study of Muslims as citizens or residents of their respective countries, looking at their activities and attitudes …
Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean
This book examines the role of Muslim communities in the emergence of connections and mobilities across the Indian Ocean World from a longue durée perspective. Spanning the 7th century through the medieval period until the present day, this book aims to move beyond the usual focus on geographical sub-regions to highlight different aspects of interconnectivity in relation to Islam. Analysing textual and material evidence, contributors examine iden…
Why Does a Swahili Writer Write? Euphoria, Pain, and Popular Aspirations in Swahili Literature
The paper surveys issues explored in some Swahili works written mainly in the colonial, independence, and postindependence periods. Central to the issues is the writers' perception of their position as citizens, and their relationship to those who govern them. The "nationalist" agenda, commencing in the nineteenth century, manifests itself in different ways in the three periods. Authors express opposite attitudes during the colonial period: of gr…
Some Spirits Heal, Others Only Dance
Roy Willis, Some Spirits Heal, Others only Dance: a journey into human selfhood in an African village. Oxford: Berg, 1999, 220 pp., £42.00, ISBN 1 85973 283 6 (hard covers), £14.99, ISBN 0 85973 288 7 (paperback). - Volume 71 Issue 4
Projecting Islam
This paper explores the role of the narrative in projecting the message of Islam in Swahili poetry. It examines a selection of verses from poems written in the utenzi form, noting the tendency in many writers to narrate the early events of Islam that occurred in Arabia and the neighbouring countries. In doing so, the poets not only project the values inherent in the events but they present their selection and interpretation of those events. The p…
Islamic religious poetry in Africa
Biography Writing in Swahili
Any meaningful assessment of biography and autobiography writing among the Swahili as a historical source needs to take at least three factors into consideration. The first is the influence of Arab literary traditions on the emergence of the genre on the East African coast; the second is the relationship between literacy and orality, and its implication for writing and narration in an African context. The role of colonialism, and the introduction…
Vugo
The Way the World Is. Cultural Processes and Social Relations among the Mombasa Swahili
Swahili as a Religious Language
Modern Swahili poetry
It is possible to distinguish broadly four types of Swahili poetry in East Africa today.The first type, mashairi (lit.) 'poems', is characterized in form by symmetrical verses which have an equal number of lines (usually not exceeding six) in each verse, and an equal number of syllables (usually not more than sixteen) in each line. This type is extremely popular with the people and with the majority of the poets: mashairi appear regularly in Swah…
Swahili as a Religious Language
Modern Swahili poetry
It is possible to distinguish broadly four types of Swahili poetry in East Africa today.The first type, mashairi (lit.) 'poems', is characterized in form by symmetrical verses which have an equal number of lines (usually not exceeding six) in each verse, and an equal number of syllables (usually not more than sixteen) in each line. This type is extremely popular with the people and with the majority of the poets: mashairi appear regularly in Swah…
Projecting Islam
This paper explores the role of the narrative in projecting the message of Islam in Swahili poetry. It examines a selection of verses from poems written in the utenzi form, noting the tendency in many writers to narrate the early events of Islam that occurred in Arabia and the neighbouring countries. In doing so, the poets not only project the values inherent in the events but they present their selection and interpretation of those events. The p…
Biography Writing in Swahili
Any meaningful assessment of biography and autobiography writing among the Swahili as a historical source needs to take at least three factors into consideration. The first is the influence of Arab literary traditions on the emergence of the genre on the East African coast; the second is the relationship between literacy and orality, and its implication for writing and narration in an African context. The role of colonialism, and the introduction…
Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean
This book examines the role of Muslim communities in the emergence of connections and mobilities across the Indian Ocean World from a longue durée perspective. Spanning the 7th century through the medieval period until the present day, this book aims to move beyond the usual focus on geographical sub-regions to highlight different aspects of interconnectivity in relation to Islam. Analysing textual and material evidence, contributors examine iden…
Why Does a Swahili Writer Write? Euphoria, Pain, and Popular Aspirations in Swahili Literature
The paper surveys issues explored in some Swahili works written mainly in the colonial, independence, and postindependence periods. Central to the issues is the writers' perception of their position as citizens, and their relationship to those who govern them. The "nationalist" agenda, commencing in the nineteenth century, manifests itself in different ways in the three periods. Authors express opposite attitudes during the colonial period: of gr…
Islamic religious poetry in Africa
Modern Swahili poetry
It is possible to distinguish broadly four types of Swahili poetry in East Africa today.The first type, mashairi (lit.) 'poems', is characterized in form by symmetrical verses which have an equal number of lines (usually not exceeding six) in each verse, and an equal number of syllables (usually not more than sixteen) in each line. This type is extremely popular with the people and with the majority of the poets: mashairi appear regularly in Swah…
Swahili as a Religious Language
The Way the World Is. Cultural Processes and Social Relations among the Mombasa Swahili
Vugo
Biography Writing in Swahili
Any meaningful assessment of biography and autobiography writing among the Swahili as a historical source needs to take at least three factors into consideration. The first is the influence of Arab literary traditions on the emergence of the genre on the East African coast; the second is the relationship between literacy and orality, and its implication for writing and narration in an African context. The role of colonialism, and the introduction…
Some Spirits Heal, Others Only Dance
Roy Willis, Some Spirits Heal, Others only Dance: a journey into human selfhood in an African village. Oxford: Berg, 1999, 220 pp., £42.00, ISBN 1 85973 283 6 (hard covers), £14.99, ISBN 0 85973 288 7 (paperback). - Volume 71 Issue 4
Projecting Islam
This paper explores the role of the narrative in projecting the message of Islam in Swahili poetry. It examines a selection of verses from poems written in the utenzi form, noting the tendency in many writers to narrate the early events of Islam that occurred in Arabia and the neighbouring countries. In doing so, the poets not only project the values inherent in the events but they present their selection and interpretation of those events. The p…
Islamic religious poetry in Africa
Why Does a Swahili Writer Write? Euphoria, Pain, and Popular Aspirations in Swahili Literature
The paper surveys issues explored in some Swahili works written mainly in the colonial, independence, and postindependence periods. Central to the issues is the writers' perception of their position as citizens, and their relationship to those who govern them. The "nationalist" agenda, commencing in the nineteenth century, manifests itself in different ways in the three periods. Authors express opposite attitudes during the colonial period: of gr…
Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean
This book examines the role of Muslim communities in the emergence of connections and mobilities across the Indian Ocean World from a longue durée perspective. Spanning the 7th century through the medieval period until the present day, this book aims to move beyond the usual focus on geographical sub-regions to highlight different aspects of interconnectivity in relation to Islam. Analysing textual and material evidence, contributors examine iden…
Governance and Islam in East Africa
Recent studies of Muslims in Kenya and Tanzania have tended either to examine governance of Muslims in relation to security issues, or to discuss the reforms attempted within communities and their implications for Muslim theology, rituals and general welfare. Both these approaches are covered in this book, and a third is added – the study of Muslims as citizens or residents of their respective countries, looking at their activities and attitudes …
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