Metaphysical Africa: truth and blackness in the Ansaru Allah Community
Introduction : "the most dynamic pamphlets in history" -- "I am the raisin-headed slave" : the Nubian Ahl al-Bayt, Sudanese Mahdiyya, and global blackness as Islamic revival -- Heralds of the reformer : visions of Blackamerican Muslim history -- "The covenant is complete in...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Africana religions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nuwaubian nation
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| RelBib Classification: | AZ New religious movements BJ Islam KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Nubian Islamic Hebrews
History
B Nuwaubian movement (United States) History B York, Dwight (1935-) B African Americans Religion |
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| Summary: | Introduction : "the most dynamic pamphlets in history" -- "I am the raisin-headed slave" : the Nubian Ahl al-Bayt, Sudanese Mahdiyya, and global blackness as Islamic revival -- Heralds of the reformer : visions of Blackamerican Muslim history -- "The covenant is complete in me" : Nubian Islamic Hebraism and the religion of Abraham -- Between Zion and Mecca : Bilal as Islamic and Hebrew -- The Sudan is the heart chakra : The AAC/NIH as Sufi tariqa -- Islam is Hotep : Ansar Egyptosophy -- The pyramid Ka ʻba : Malachi Z. York and the Nuwaubian turn -- Nuwaubian ether : Ansar legacies in hip-hop -- Coda : the view from Illyuwn. "Describes the Ansaru Allah Community/Nubian Islamic Hebrews (AAC/NIH), a 1970s religious movement in Brooklyn that spread, in part, through the production and dissemination of literature and lecture tapes. Tracks the development of AAC/NIH discourse to reveal surprising consistency and coherence behind the appearance of serial reinvention"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0271087099 |