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BookJanson, M. (2002)
The best hand is the hand that always gives: Griottes and their profession in Eastern Gambia
Abstract presentLeiden: Research School CNWS. 322p.

Book chapterDeclich, F. (2001)
Sources on Islam composed in the vernacular: Somali women's religious poetry
In: Scarcia Amoretti, B. (ed.), Islam in East Africa: New Sources (Archives. Manuscripts and Written Historical Sources. Oral History. Archaeology). Roma: Herder. p. 297-337.

Periodical articleOrwin, Martin (2001)
See this publicationLanguage Use in Three Somali Religious Poems
Journal of African Cultural Studies. Volume 14 #1. June. p. 69-87.

Periodical articleTopan, Farouk M. (2001)
See this publicationProjecting Islam: Narrative in Swahili Poetry
Journal of African Cultural Studies. Volume 14 #1. June. p. 107-119.

Periodical articleDeclich, F. (2000)
Sufi experience in rural Somali: A focus on women
Social Anthropology. Volume 8 #3. p. 295-318.

Periodical articleCooper, Barbara M. (1999)
The strength in the song: Muslim personhood, audible capital and Hausa women's performance of the hajj
Social Text. Volume 17 #60. p. 1-23.

Periodical articleKapteijns, L.E.M. (1999)
Somali women's songs for the first ladies of early Islam
ISIM Newsletter. Volume 3. p. 27.

BookKnappert, Jan (1999)
A survey of Swahili Islamic epic sagas
Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. Studies in Swahili languages and literature #1. 169p.

Periodical articlePellow, Deborah (1997)
See this publicationMale Praise-Singers in Accra: In the Company of Women
Abstract presentAfrica: Journal of the International African Institute. Volume 67 #4. p. 582-601.

Book chapterBangura, A.S. (1996)
The quest for orthodoxy in Ibrahim Tahir's 'The last imam'
In: The marabout and the muse: New approaches to Islam in African literature. p. 176-190.

Book chapterBowles, B.C.; Hale, T.A. (1996)
Islamic inscriptions and motifs and Arab genealogies in the epic tale of the Kingdom of Waalo
In: The marabout and the muse: New approaches to Islam in African literature. p. 92-102.

Book chapterBoyd, J.; Mack, B.B. (1996)
Women's Islamic literature in Northern Nigeria: 150 years of tradition, 1820-1970
In: The marabout and the muse: New approaches to Islam in African literature. p. 142-158.

Book chapterBoyd-Buggs, D. (1996)
The fusion of Sufi and nomad thought in the poetry of Hawad, Tuareg mystic
In: The marabout and the muse: New approaches to Islam in African literature. p. 103-115.

Periodical articleDeclich, F. (1996)
Formas poeticas religiosas femeninas en un contexto rural somali: el Nabi-ammaan
Studia Africana. #7. p. 123-145.

Book chapterKapteijns, L.E.M.; Ali, M.O. (1996)
Sittaat: Somali women's songs for the 'mothers of the believers'
In: The marabout and the muse: New approaches to Islam in African literature. p. 124-141.

Book chapterMazrui, A.M. (1996)
Mapping Islam in Farah's maps
In: The marabout and the muse: New approaches to Islam in African literature. p. 205-217.

Book chapterPhillips, M. (1996)
The view from a mosque of words: Nuruddin Farah's 'Close sesame and the Holy Qur'an'
In: The marabout and the muse: New approaches to Islam in African literature. p. 191-204.

Book chapterSchildkrout, E. (1996)
Politics and poetry: Mohammed Rashid Shaaban's 'History of Kumasi'
In: The cloth of many colored silks: Papers on history and society, Ghanaian and Islamic in honor of Ivor Wilks. p. 367-391.

Book chapterStarratt, P.E. (1996)
Islamic influences on oral traditions in Hausa literature
In: The marabout and the muse: New approaches to Islam in African literature. p. 159-175.

Book chapterTopan, F.M. (1996)
Muslim perceptions in a Swahili oral genre
In: The marabout and the muse: New approaches to Islam in African literature. p. 116-123.

Book chapterConrad, D.C. (1995)
Blind man meets Prophet: Oral tradition, Islam, and funé identity
In: Conrad, D.C.; Frank, B.E. (eds.), Status and identity in West Africa: Nyamakalaw of Mande. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 86-132.

Dissertation / thesisOsman, Ahmed Ibrahim (1995)
In praise of the Prophet: the performance and thematic composition of the Sudanese religious oral poetry
Abstract presentPh.D. dissertation. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services. 366p.

Book chapterPilaszewicz, S. (1995)
Muslim-Christian relations in the Hausa literature
In: Zaborskiego, A. (ed.), Islam i Chrzescijanstwo. Al-Islam wa-'l-Masihiya. Materialy sympozjum Krakow, 12-14 IV 1994. Krakow: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Papieskiej Akademii Teologicznej. p. 287-300.

Periodical articleAbdurrahman, U. (1994)
Themes of Sufism in Aliyu Na Mangi's poetry
Islamic Culture. Volume 68 #3. p. 19-29.

Periodical articleAbdurrahman, U. (1994)
Use of images and metaphors to illustrate themes in Aliyu Na Mangi's Sufi poetry
Islamic Culture. Volume 68 #2. p. 7-22.

Periodical articleNa'allah, Abdul Rasheed (1994)
The influence of traditional oral poetry on modern religions (Islam and Christianity) among the Yoruba (Nigeria )
Abstract presentFrankfurter afrikanistische Blätter. #6. p. 65-74.

Periodical articleNa'Allah, Abdul-Rasheed (1994)
See this publicationOral Tradition, Islamic Culture, and Topicality in the Songs of Mamman Shata Katsina and Omoekee Amao Ilorin
Canadian Journal of African Studies. Volume 28 #3. p. 500-515.

Periodical articleNa'Allah, Abdul-Rasheed (1994)
Dadakúàdà as one of the oral art forms of Ilorin
Abstract presentAfrican Notes: Bulletin of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. Volume 18 #1-2. p. 29-50.

Periodical articleAbdurrahman, U. (1989)
Themes of Sufism in Aliyu Na Mangi's poetry
Islamic Studies. Volume 28. p. 29-38.

Periodical articleAbdurrahman, Umar (1988)
Use of Images and Metaphors to Illustrate Themes in Aliyu Na Mangi's Sufi Poetry
Islamic Quarterly. Volume 32 #3. p. 173-185.

Periodical articleAbdurrahman, Umar (1988)
See this publicationAliyu Na Mangi: Poet, Preacher and Purveyor of African Islam
Journal of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs. Volume 9 #1. January. p. 86-102.

Periodical articleGould, L.E. (1988)
A nation of bards
Aramco World. Volume 39 #6. p. 32-37.

Periodical articleTijani, D.A.A. (1988)
Aspects of Sufi themes in West African Arabic poetry: An introductory survey
Al-Fikr (University of Ibadan). Volume 9. p. 84-99.

Book chapterHarrow, K.W. (1987)
L'Islam dans 'Les soleils des indépendances' d'Ahmadou Kourouma
In: Islam et littératures africaines. p. 139-157.

Book chapterHerzberger-Fofana, P. (1987)
Les influences religieuses dans la littérature féminine francophone d'Afrique noire
In: Islam et littératures africaines. p. 191-199.

Book chapterHouedanou, L. (1987)
Islam et société dans la littérature féminine du Sénégal
In: Islam et littératures africaines. p. 159-170.

Book chapterJaccard, A.C. (1987)
Les visages de l'islam chez Mariama Bâ et chez Aminata Sow Fall
In: Islam et littératures africaines. p. 171-182.

Book chapterKnicker, M. (1987)
Le Coran comme modèle littéraire dans 'L'aventure amiguë' de Cheick Hamidou Kane
In: Islam et littératures africaines. p. 183-190.

Book chapterToscano, M. (1987)
Aspects of Islamic culture in the West African narrative in European languages
In: Islam et littératures africaines. p. 69-75.

BookDickall, S.M. (1986)
La littérature religieuse mauritanienne
Nouakchott. 127p.

Book chapterAbdelsalam, Sharafeldin (1983)
Muslim saints' legends in the Sudan: A functional analysis
Abstract presentIn: Cross rhythms: Papers in African folklore. p. 129-154.

Book chapterHamès, C. (1982)
Un poème peul en l'honneur de Cheikh Hamallah
In: Digard, J. (ed.), Le cuisinier et le philosophe: hommage à Maxime Rodinson. Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose. p. 227-233.

Dissertation / thesisFarrell, E.R. (1980)
Ngoma ya Ushindani: Competitive song exchange and the subversion of hierarchy in a Swahili Muslim town on the Kenya Coast
Ph.D. dissertation. Harvard University.

Periodical articleKnappert, J. (1976)
Al-Husain ibn Ali in epic tradition of Swahili
Islam and the Modern Age. Volume 7 #3. p. 87-102.

Periodical articleAndrzejewski, B.W. (1974)
The veneration of Sufi saints and its impact on the oral literature of the Somali people and on their literature in Arabic
African Language Studies. Volume 15. p. 15-53.

Book chapterAndrzejewski, B.W. (1974)
Sheikh Hussein of Bali in Galla oral tradition
In: Cerulli, E. (ed.), IV Congresso internationale di studi Etiopici. Volume I. 10-15 April Roma 1972. Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. p. 463-480.

Periodical articleEguchi, Paul Kazuhisa (1973)
The chants of the Fulbe rites of circumcision
Abstract presentKyoto University African Studies. Volume 8. p. 205-231.

Periodical articleAndrzejewski, B.W. (1972)
Allusive diction in Galla hymns in praise of Sheikh Hussein of Balé
African Languages. Volume 13. p. 1-31.

Periodical articleAbimbola, W. (1971)
Ifa divination poetry and the coming of Islam to Yorubaland
Pan-African Journal. Volume 4 #4. p. 440-454.

Periodical articleAndrzejewski, B.W. (1970)
The roobdóon of Shaikh Aqib Abdullahi Jama: A Somali prayer for rain
African Language Studies. Volume 11. p. 21-34.

Periodical articleKnappert, J. (1970)
See this publicationSocial and moral concepts in Swahili Islamic literature
Abstract presentAfrica: Journal of the International African Institute. Volume 40 #2. p. 125-136.

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