Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 Africa, Islam, and the Legacies of Colonialism 9
6. 3 Islam and Africanist Literary Criticism 23
7. 4 Critical (Mis)Readings of Sembène Ousmane 55
8. 5 Taming Islam: Aminata Sow Fall 81
9. 6 The Quest for Orthodoxy in Ibrahim Tahir’s The Last Imam 107
10. 7 Conclusion 131
11. Glossary 149
12. Bibliography 151
13. Index 165
14. About the Book 171