Permanent Pilgrims : The Role of Pilgrimage in the Lives of West African Muslims in Sudan

Name: Permanent Pilgrims
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
SKU: 9780748605927
Price: 18000 KES
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ISBN: 9780748605927

by C Bawa Yamba

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Format Hardback

Book Series International African Library

ISBN-10 0748605924

ISBN-13 9780748605927

Publisher Edinburgh University Press

Imprint Edinburgh University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 1st, 1995

Print length 240 Pages

Weight 520 grams

Dimensions 16.60 x 24.30 x 1.60 cms

Product Classification: Islam Worship, rites & ceremonies Social groups: religious groups and communities Islamic studies Anthropology Islam Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

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This book examines life in a set of pilgrim villages in Sudan to show how the concept of pilgrimage is maintained.

West African pilgrims in Sudan believe that walking across the savannas and desert is the only proper way of performing the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. However, their journey appears to stop halfway in Sudan, where many of them reside in stranger enclaves as fourth- and fifth-generation immigrants. Describing themselves as transients, they see these villages as temporary stations on their way to Mecca. This book examines life in a set of pilgrim villages to show how the concept of pilgrimage is maintained. It examines why these people allow themselves to live in a state of permanent transition, and argues that here pilgrimage is a symbolic journey analogous to life itself.

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