RS 354 — Islam in West Africa
BA BA Religious Studies · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
This course traces the making of the West African Muslim community over a period of some 1000 years, beginning with the regions first encounter with Islam in the 11th century and concluding on a study of the contemporary situation of the religion in the sub-region. In the life of Islam in West Africa the religion has occupied different positions and taken different attitudes towards the host society. Its pace and mode of spread has also varied from one period to another. The main aim is to provide students with a detailed history and development of Islam in West Africa. It is also to help them understand the various modes of expansion and the religion’s contribution to the general development of the sub-region.
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Level 300
Other courses on this programme
- RS 351 — Issues in African Traditional Religion
- RS 352 — Critical Thinking
- RS 353 — Qur’anic Studies
- RS 355 — Old Testament Introduction
- RS 358 — Theology and Ethics of the Old Testament
- RS 359 — Hebrew I
- RS 360 — Islamic Ethics
- RS 361 — Christian Ethics
- RS 362 — Theology and Ethics of the New Testament
- RS 363 — Medicine, Healing and Spirituality
- RS 364 — Shari’a
- RS 365 — Qur’anic Arabic I
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