Guidance (Uwongozi) by Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui

Selections from the First Swahili Islamic Newspaper

Bibliographic Data

ID19945161
EditorsKai Kresse
Year2017
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueGuidance (Uwongozi) by Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004335547
OpenAlexW2614406896
ISBN9789004335547
LanguageEN
Citations received14

Sheikh al-Amin Mazrui wrote his essays of this Guidance (Uwongozi) collection in Mombasa between 1930 and 1932, providing social critique and moral guidance to Kenya’s coastal Muslims during a period of their decline during British colonial rule. The essays were initially published as a series of double-sided pamphlets called Sahifa (The Page), the first Swahili Islamic newspaper. Inspired by contemporary debates of Pan-Islam and Islamic modernism, and with a critical eye on British colonialism, this leading East African modernist takes issue with his peers, in a sharply critical and yet often humorous tone. Al-Amin Mazrui was the first to publish Islamic educational prose and social commentary in Swahili. This bi-lingual edition makes fascinating reading for specialists and general readers

Arabic · Art · Colonialism · Islam · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Newspaper · Sociology · Swahili · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Philosophy · Religious studies

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