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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
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.
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