Iqbal Akhtar

The Khōjā Of Tanzania: Discontinuities of a Postcolonial Religious Identity

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Produktbeschreibung

The Khōjā of Tanzania: Discontinuities of a Postcolonial Religious Identity is a multidisciplinary diachronic study of the historical development of Khōjā religious identity in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam over two centuries, from an Indic Hindu-Muslim caste (jñāti) to an Afro-Asian Muslim community (jamātī) towards a Near Eastern imaged Islamic nation (ummatī).

Produktdetails

• Studies of Religion in Africa Nr.43
• Verlag: Brill
• Approx. 212 Pp
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9789004274747
• ISBN-10: 900427474X
• Artikelnr.: 41420184

Autorenporträt

Iqbal Akhtar, Ph.D. (2013), Florida International University, is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and research director of the western Indian Ocean studies programme. He has published articles on American Muslim identity and East African Khōjā historiography, including the article Negotiating the racial boundaries of Khōjā caste membership in late 19th century colonial Zanzibar (1878-1899) in the Journal of Africana Religions. Currently, he is professeur invité at l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales (IISMM) in Paris.