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- Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara
- African Studies Series
- Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Orthography and Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Knowledge and Authority in Precolonial Contexts
- Part II Rupture, Consonance, and Innovation in Colonial and Postcolonial Mauritania
- Part III Articulating Race, Gender, and Social Difference through the Esoteric Sciences
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
Part I - Knowledge and Authority in Precolonial Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2023
- Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara
- African Studies Series
- Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Orthography and Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Knowledge and Authority in Precolonial Contexts
- Part II Rupture, Consonance, and Innovation in Colonial and Postcolonial Mauritania
- Part III Articulating Race, Gender, and Social Difference through the Esoteric Sciences
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
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- Invoking the Invisible in the SaharaIslam, Spiritual Mediation, and Social Change, pp. 39 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023