Muslim Institutions of Higher Education in Postcolonial Africa

Herausgegeben:Lo, Mbaye; Haron, Muhammed

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Produktbeschreibung

Muslim Institutions of Higher Education in Postcolonial Africa examines the colonial discriminatory practices against Muslim education through control and dismissal and discusses the education reform movement of the post-colonial experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-55230-3
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781137552303
• ISBN-10: 1137552301
• Artikelnr.: 42905514

Autorenporträt

Adnan A. Adikata, Islamic University in Uganda, Kampala, Uganda Abdulmageed Ahmed, International University of Africa, Sudan Chanfi Ahmed, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Germany Ismail S. Gyagend, Mercer University, USA Moshood Mahmood Jimba, Kwara State University, Nigeria Mamadou-Youry Sall, Université Gaston Berger, Senegal Hamza Mustafa Njozi, Muslim University of Morogoro, Tanzania Wardah M. Rajab-Gyagenda, Islamic University in Uganda Ahmad K. Sengendo, Islamic University in Uganda Adam Adebayo, Kogi State University, Nigeria Alexander Thurston, Georgetown University, USA Adam Yousef Mousa, Republic of Chad Roman Loimeier, University of Göttingen, Germany Ousman Kobo, The Ohio State University, USA

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: REFORMING MUSLIM LEARNING: TRAJECTORIES AND TYPOLOGIES
1. Islam and the Idea of the 'African University': An Analytical Framework;
Mbaye Lo
2. Muslim Higher Education in the Southern African Region: From Dar
ul-Ulums to Secular Tertiary Institutions; Muhammed Haron
3. Trajectories of Islamic Education in the 20th century: Zanzibar and
Beyond; Roman Loimeier
4. Islamic Oriented Universities in Nigeria: Triumphs & Travails; Adam
Adebayo Sirajudeen
PART II: THE RISE OF MODERN MUSLIM UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES: REMEMBRANCE
AND RECONSTRUCTION
5. The Mission of the Muslim University of Morogoro: Context, Promises and
Challenges; Hamza Mustafa Njozi
6. The Role of IUIU in Influencing Public Discourse on Islam in Uganda: A
Perception Survey at the Kampala Campus; Adnan Ali Adikata
7. The Role of the Islamic University in Uganda in the Socio-economic
Development of the Muslim Communities in Eastern Africa; Ahmad Kawesa
Sengendo
8. The Pioneers: Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU); Ismail Gyagendaa and
Wardah Rajab-Gyagend
9. King Faisal University in Chad: Challenges, Opportunities and Future
Prospects; Adam Youssouf Moussa
10. Islam and Higher Education in Ghana: the Case of The Islamic University
College, (IUCG); Ousman Kobo
PART III: MUSLIM COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: TEXTS, CONTEXTS AND GRADUATES
11. Muslim Universities in East Africa: Between Claims of Cultural Identity
and Political Challenges; Abdallah Chanfi Ahmed
12. The International University of Africa, Sudan: Its History, Mission and
DissertationsAbdulmageed; Abdulraheem A. Ahmed
13. Al-Azhar University's Role in Educating Nigerians: A Case Study of the
Ilorin Al-Azhar Institute; Mashud Mahmud Jimba
14. Scientific Profiles and Potentialities of Al Azhar African Graduates: A
Statistical Analysis; Mamadou-Youry Sall
15. The Islamic University of Niger from Lahore, Pakistan to Say, Niger:
The Challenge of Establishing a Transnational Islamic University; Mbaye Lo
16. The Aminu Kano College of Islamic and Legal Studies as a Site for the
Renegotiation of Islamic Law and Authority in Kano, Nigeria; Alex Thurston

Rezensionen

"This volume comprises an anthology of essays that glances rigorously at theoretical case studies on Muslim higher education in Africa. It is a lucid and pioneering scholarly work that offers readers countless narratives on Muslim education in postcolonial Africa couched within an overarching socio-historical paradigm." - Yusef Waghid, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Education,

Stellenbosch University, South Africa