Mali & Senegal [electronic resource] : the power of Islam / produced by NHK.

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2002.

English

English.

1 online resource (54 min.).

Islam has influenced West Africa since the 11th century, but only in the last 100 years has the religion grown so rapidly in Senegal and Mali. One prominent sect, the Murid movement which grew out of Sufism, has millions of followers and wealth accumulated from peanut cultivation. As a force of conservative Islam, its economic and political power must be watched by the West.

Originally released as DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

For College; Adult audiences.

Africa in the 21st Century

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