ABSTRACT
When originally published in 1979, this was the first comprehensive study of the Jakhanke in any language. Despite the 19th ambience of jihad, the Jakhanke maintined their tradition of consistent pacifism and political neutrality which is unique in Muslim Black Africa. Drawing on histories, interviews, and colonial reports the book traces the details of the Jakhanke pilgrimages and analyses important themes such as their system of education, their function as dream-interpreters and amulet-makers and finally the dependence of their way of life on the institution of slavery.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Four|27 pages
Momodou-Lamin Darame and Patterns of Jakhanke Dispersion in Senegambia
The Nineteenth Century
chapter Six|22 pages
Touba and The Colonial Misfortune
The Expropriation of Touba’s Clerical Privilege 1905–1911
