In Search of “Africanity”: Traditional and Islamic Education in Boubou Hama’s Writings
This article explores how the Nigerien intellectual and politician Boubou Hama (1906/09–1982) represented the relationship between Islamic and “traditional” educational ideals. Based on an understanding that Islamic education was closely linked to the historical dissemination and establishment of Is...
| Published in: | Islamic Africa |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2019
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| In: |
Islamic Africa
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 98-126 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islamic Education
B Niger B West Africa B African education B Boubou Hama |
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| Summary: | This article explores how the Nigerien intellectual and politician Boubou Hama (1906/09–1982) represented the relationship between Islamic and “traditional” educational ideals. Based on an understanding that Islamic education was closely linked to the historical dissemination and establishment of Islam, Hama advanced a particular interpretation of the reception and circulation of Muslim knowledge in West Africa. He argued that, first, the presence of Islam should be understood in its African historical context; second, that the foundations of African culture were equally “traditional” and Islamic; and third, that the forms of education that had shaped such culture could be used as the basis for a political plan of development. By doing so, Hama asserted that just as Islam was crucial to the continent’s history, it was a central part of Africa’s engagement with the wider world. |
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| ISSN: | 2154-0993 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Islamic Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/21540993-01001004 |