Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Sylviane A. Diouf
yhteensä 10 hakutulosta
Dreams of Africa in Alabama
In the summer of 1860, more than fifty years after the United States legally abolished the international slave trade, 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria were …
Muslims' Place in the American Public Square
Once a year Muslims from around the world—representing a vast range of ethnicities, incomes, ages, and attitudes—perform the Hajj (pilgrimage) and converge in the holy city of …
Muslim Minorities in the West
Although they are typically portrayed by the media as dangerous extremists in distant lands, Muslims in fact form a permanent, peaceful and growing population in nearly every …
Fighting the Slave Trade
While most studies of the slave trade focus on the volume of captives and on their ethnic origins, the question of how the Africans organized their familial and communal lives to …
Dreams of Africa in Alabama
In the summer of 1860, more than fifty years after the United States legally abolished the international slave trade, 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria were …
Bintous Braids
Bintou wants braids Long, pretty braids, woven with gold coins and seashells, just like her older sister and the other women in her family. But she is too young for braids. …
Slavery's Exiles
The forgotten stories of America maroons—wilderness settlers evading discovery after escaping slavery Over more than two centuries men, women, and children escaped from slavery to …
Fighting the Slave Trade
While most studies of the slave trade focus on the volume of captives and on their ethnic origins, the question of how the Africans organized their familial and communal lives to …
The Middle Passage
Alex Haley's Roots awakened many Americans to the cruelty of slavery. The Middle Passage focuses attention on the torturous journey which brought slaves from Africa to the …
Servants of Allah
Illuminates how African Muslims drew on Islam while enslaved, and how their faith ultimately played a role in the African Disapora Servants of Allah presents a history of African …