The French Médersa in West Africa
Modernizing Islamic Education and Institutionalizing Colonial Racism, 1890s–1920s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12115221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel D Anderson (0000-0002-3870-1836, Department of History, Pomona College, Claremont, California, USA, [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-70 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Islamic Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0803-0685 • E-ISSN: 0806-7120 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/21540993-01101002 |
| OpenAlex | W3115855985 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article examines the origins and development of colonial Franco-Muslim education, with specific reference to the Médersa of Saint-Louis in Senegal. Often described as a failed experiment on the part of the French administration, the médersa nevertheless marked the first effort to “modernize” Islamic education in West Africa. This article argues that the médersa evolved, and eventually closed, in tandem with local engagement and the establishment of the racist idea of islam noir . It also highlights the role of Algerians and the Algerian médersa system in West Africa to argue for the importance of a trans-Saharan approach to Islamic education in the colonial period
Archaeology · Colonial period · Colonialism · Ethnology · Islam · Islamic Education · Political science · Racism · SAINT · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Gender Studies · History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Religious Education and Schools
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |