Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa

Description

This book started as a component of a shared examination venture named “Islam,

Separation of the State, and Globalization in Africa” between the African Studies

Focus (ASC) in Leiden and the Center d’études d’Afrique Noire (CEAN) in

Bordeaux that the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs liberally subsidized. The

venture finished in a worldwide gathering (“Islam, Désengagement de l’état et

Globalization en Afrique Subsaharienne”) held at UNESCO in Paris on May 12–13,

2005, during which forms of the papers in this volume were introduced. The French

Service of Foreign Affairs offered extra help for the meeting.

We are appreciative to the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the financing that

made this venture and distribution conceivable and for permitting the scholastic scientists

to hold control of the real substance of the venture and the meaning of its topics.