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Title: | Slavery, Islam and the Jakhanke People of West Africa |
Author: | Sanneh, Lamin O. |
Year: | 1976 |
Periodical: | Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |
Volume: | 46 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 80-97 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | West Africa |
Subjects: | Jahanka slavery Islamic law Religion and Witchcraft Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration |
External links: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1159095 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1976-046-00-000009 |
Abstract: | The Jakhanke people of Western Africa have a reputation for clerical pacifism: they have repudiated jihad. The first part of the article describes how they, in view of this reputation, became involved in the obtaining, ownership and use of slaves. The second part describes how slavery is regulated in Muslim Law, which is very specific on things like qualified slavery, licensed or inhibited slaves, and the complex rules on emancipation and concubinage. Notes, ref., résumé en français. |