A Question of Beginnings
A Question of Beginnings
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A Question of Beginnings
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Toronto: Routledge
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Canadian journal of African studies, 2008-01, Vol.42 (2-3), p.467-477
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English
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Toronto: Routledge
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This article asks us to rethink the models that have conventionally represented the coming of Islam to Africa: that of a pre-established entity, given from the outside, coherent, monadic, unity, like an already formed identity. Using Lacanian challenges to conventional notions of identity, this article contests the above version of Islam, viewing i...
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A Question of Beginnings
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_232175437
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_232175437
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0008-3968
E-ISSN
1923-3051
DOI
10.1080/00083968.2008.10751393
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