Abstract
Abstract In The Walking Qur'an, Rudolph Ware explores the history of Qur'an schools in West Africa. Focusing on embodied knowledge, he demonstrates how these institutions produce “Walking Qur'ans,” living replicas of the holy book. Despite his bias against reformist Islam and his neglect of the wider social context, this is an important contribution to Islamic studies and African history.
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