Poetics of Praise: Love and Authority in al-ḤājjʿUmar Tāl’s Safīnat al-saʿāda li-ahl ḍuʿf wa-l-najāda
In this article, I provide one example of how a careful engagement with poetry can enrich our understanding of West African history. In 1852, al-ḤājjʿUmar Fūtī Tāl (d.1864) completed his panegyric of the Prophet Muḥammad—Safīnat al-saʿāda li-ahl ḍuʿf wa-l-najāda or The Vessel of Happiness and Assist...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Islamic Africa
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 210-238 |
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al-ḤājjʿUmar Tāl
B Authority B Abū Bakr ibn Muhīb B West Africa B Praise Poetry B Poetry B Precolonial Politics B Islamic Intellectual History |
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