The African Caliphate 2

<p>Continuing the story of the Sokoto caliphate after the death of Shehu Usman The African Caliphate 2 charts the political and intellectual development of a strong Islamic government covering:</p><p>* Theory of Government</p><p>* Leaders laws snd key political institutions</p><p>* Justice social morality public welfare and defence </p><p>* Principles of statecraft</p><p>* Place of war in the creation and consolidation of a state</p><p>* The people their religious commitment and family obligations</p><p>* Role of women in the Islamic community</p><p>The Sokoto Caliphate of West Africa exemplifies such a state during its development. Emerging from a city-state in the early nineteenth century. By the time the British took over in 1903 it encompassed an area nearly twice the size of the present-day United Kingdom. The author examines the work and lives of Muhammed Bello the architect of the Caliphate and other leaders. He judges West Africa's encounters with the West - with Mungo Park Major Dixon Denham Commander Hugh Clapperton and Dr. Walter Oudney - and decries the plunder of Africa's human and natural resources.</p><p>With the establishment of Nigeria in 1914 and the British withdrawal in 1960 the author looks toward the regeneration of the Islamic state in West Africa.</p><p>This book is for historians of Africa snd Islam and for those studying the development of government in all its contexts - political social intellectual and moral. For African and Black Studies programmes The Islamic Caliphate 2 is essential.</p><p>14.8 x 21 cm. 230 pages</p><p>Malam Ibraheem Sulaiman</p><p>The author is a research fellow with the Centre for Islamic Legal Studies Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria</p><p><br></p>