John Hunwick

Arabic Literature of Africa, Volume 4 Writings of Western Sudanic Africa

Buch

The fourth volume of Arabic Literature of Africa deals with the scholarly and literary production of authors from Mali, Senegal, Guinea, Niger, and Ghana, from earliest times to the present day. The work is arranged both regionally and chronologically, and writers are grouped within chapters according to ethnic, scholarly, or religious affiliations. A biography of each author is given where possible, before the list of his or her writings.For each author is given a list of known writings, with details of existing manuscript copies, published editions and translations.There are indexes of authors, titles, first lines of poetry, and a general i… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-90-04-12444-8
EAN: 9789004124448
Produktnummer: 2430476
Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Seitenangabe: 814 S.
Masse: H24.1 cm x B17.0 cm x D5.6 cm 1'597 g
Reihenbandnummer: 4
Gewicht: 1597

Über den Autor

John O. Hunwick, Ph.D. in Islamic Studies, University of London, 1974, is Professor of History and Professor of Religion, Northwestern University. He has published Arabic Literature of Africa, Vol. II: The Writings of Central Sudanic Africa, (1995) and Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire, (1999).