"God Alone Is King": Islam and Emancipation in Senegal: The Wolof Kingdoms of Kajoor and Bawol, 1859-1914

Abstract

Introduction PART I ISLAM & MONARCHY Kajoor & Bawol in the mid-nineteenth century - Civil war & conquest: monarchy & Islam in Kajoor, 1859-1890 - 'God alone is King': reconceptualising Murid Islam - Creating colonial order: state & society in Bawol, 1894-1903 PART II SLAVERY & EMANCIPATION Slavery under siege, 1890-1905: colonialism, resistance & runaways - Emancipation from below: the emergence of a muslim peasantry, 1890-1914 - Civilising missions & the peasantry: Murid Islam & the colonial state - Conclusion