Permanent Pilgrims : The Role of Pilgrimage in the Lives of West African Muslims in Sudan
by
C Bawa Yamba
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
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 26th, 1995
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
520 grams
Dimensions
16.60 x 24.30 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
IslamWorship, rites & ceremoniesIslamic studiesAnthropology
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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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