Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti and his Islamic critique of racial slavery in the Maghrib.
This essay examines the life of Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (1556–1627) and his efforts to end racial slavery and to persuade Maghribi scholars to accept the Islamic status of self-professed Muslims in West Africa. Towards this end, Ahmad Baba wrote a legal treatise that criticised the association of ‘Bl...
| Publicado en: | Journal of North African Studies Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 42 - 65 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2015
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