Preface
Note on Orthography
Introduction
1. Umar's Jihad and the First Crisis at Nioro
2. The Umarian Consolidation in Karta
3. Amadu Sheku and the Second Crisis at Nioro
4. French Expansion and the Third Crisis at Nioro
5. The End of the Umarian Era in Karta
Conclusion
Appendix: Cast of Principal Characters
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Investigates Muslim politics and society in 19th-century West Africa.
JOHN H. HANSON is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is cotranslator and co-editor (with David Robinson) of After the Jihad: The Reign of Ahmad al-Kabir in the Western Sudan.
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