Vol. 38 No. 2 (2020)

Published: 2020-12-31

Editorial

Islamic Verse-Making in African Societies: Themes, Forms, Functions

Andrea Brigaglia

3-8
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Foreword

Praising the Prophet in Poetry: A Note on Prophetic Madīḥ in Islamic Africa

Oludamini Ogunnaike

9-16
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Articles

Islamic Devotional Poetry in Ethiopia: Between Classical Arabic Tradition and Local Developments

Michele Petrone

17-43
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The Poem about the Prophet’s Death in Mozambique – Swahili as a Transregional Language of Islamic Poetry

Clarissa Vierke, Chapane Mutiua

44-74
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Devotional Poetry and Religious Authority: Muḥammad al-Yadālī and the Ṣalāt Rabbī maʿa al-salāmi in Praise of the Prophet Muḥammad

Abubakar Abdulkadir

75-101
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Prayers Uttered Down on Paper: A Stylistic Analysis of Swahili Devotional Lyrics

Annachiara Raia

102-140
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Singing the Glory of Niasse: The Joyful Music to Mock Salafis in Nigeria

Muhammad Sani Umar

141-165
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Islamic Zambo: Hausa anti-Shia Songs in Kano

Andrea Brigaglia, Kabiru Haruna Isa

166-216
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Opinion

A Political History of Uganda’s ADF, and an ADF Nashīd in Luganda

Abdulhakim A. Nsobya, Andrea Brigaglia

217-255
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