Islam and Arabs in East Africa: A Fusion of Identities, Networks and Encounters

Written by Maha Yahya

Drawing on a rich variety of sources ranging between archives, manuscripts, religious texts, newspapers and oral interviews, the contributors in this research are contesting conventional knowledge and scholarship in the fields of Arab and Islamic history in East Africa.
Islam and Arabs in East Africa: A Fusion of Identities, Networks and Encounters

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