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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Published in:Islamic Africa
Main Author: Anderson, Samuel D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: 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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