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Title:Sociological factors in the contact of the Gogo of Central Tanzania with Islam
Author:Rigby, P.J.A.ISNI
Book title:Islam in tropical Africa
Year:1966
Pages:268-290
Language:English
Geographic term:Tanzania
Subjects:Islam
Gogo
conversion
interreligious relations
Abstract:The author examines Islamic contact with the Gogo people and their non-acceptance of Islamic influences upon three levels: 1. A brief sketch of the historical evidence for contact, with reference to different kinds of contact between tribal societies in Africa and Islam; 2. Discussion of the relevant structural aspects of Gogo society and their relation to the adoption of Islam; 3. A brief comparison of Gogo religious, cosmological, and spirit beliefs with Islamic doctrines and the possibilities of their syncretism. References; notes; French summary p. 290-295.
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