7 The Power of the Word: The Oral and the Written

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of figures viii
4. Preface ix
5. Note on transcription and orthography xiv
6. Maps xvi
7. 1 The Mosque and the Termite Mound 1
8. 2 Ranks and Categories: The Emergence of a Haalpulaar Social Division of Labour 27
9. 3 Historical Origins and Social Pedigrees of Craftsmen and Musicians: Genealogies of Power and Knowledge of the Wild 57
10. 4 The White and the Black: Ideology and the Rise to Dominance of the Islamic Clerics 89
11. 5 Accommodationist Sufi Islam and Rites of Passage: Tensions and Ambiguities 114
12. 6 The Witch-Hunter and the Marabout: Competing Domains of Knowledge and Power 131
13. 7 The Power of the Word: The Oral and the Written 160
14. 8 Islamic Reformers, Islamists and the Muslim Community 192
15. Afterword 214
16. Notes 220
17. Bibliography 249
18. Index 266