The French Médersa in West Africa: Modernizing Islamic Education and Institutionalizing Colonial Racism, 1890s–1920s
Abstract 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 “mode...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Islamic Africa
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-70 |
Further subjects: | B
Islamic Education
B Senegal B médersas B Mali B Colonialism B Race B Algeria |
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