Local Landscapes and Constructions of World Space: Medieval  Inscriptions, Cognitive Dissonance, and the Course of the Niger

In the West African Sahel, Islam induced processes of cognitive change as spaces and history were given new meaning over time. In the expanding Muslim universe, they were reconstructed with reference to the core regions of the Islamic world and the founding events of Islam. This brought issues of co...

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Main Author: Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institut des Mondes Africains 2011-02-01
Series:Afriques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/896
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