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| Title: | The Pen, the Sword, and the Crown: Islam and Revolution in Songhay Reconsidered, 1464-1493 |
| Author: | Kaba, Lansine |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 241-256 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | West Africa |
| Subjects: | Islam coups d'état history Songhai polity Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration Religion and Witchcraft |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/181691 |
| Abstract: | This discussion examines how, in 15th century Songhay, some clerics used Islam, a universalistic religion with a tradition of literacy, to challenge the established system with the assistance of the army. This alliance between scholars and soldiers gradually eroded the foundations sustaining the Crown of the Sonni dynasty and led to its downfall in 1493. It is the first example of an Islamic coup d'état in West Africa. Notes, sum. |
