Black crescent : the experience and legacy of African Muslims in the Americas /

Black crescent : the experience and legacy of African Muslims in the Americas /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gomez, Michael A., 1955-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:	x, 385 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	African Americans -- History. Africans -- America -- History. Muslims -- America -- History. Islam -- America -- History. Africans -- America -- Religion. African Americans -- Religion. Muslims, Black -- America -- History. Slavery -- America -- History. African Americans. African Americans -- Religion. Africans. Africans -- Religion. Islam. Muslims. Muslims, Black. Race relations. Slavery. United States -- Race relations. America -- Race relations. America. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5629265

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ISBN:	0521840953 (hardcover) 0521600790 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Ladinos, Gelofes and Mandingas
2. Caribbean crescent
3. Brazilian sambas
4. Muslims in New York
5. Founding mothers and fathers of a different sort: African Muslims in the Early North American South; Interlude
In a Glass darkly - elisive communities
6. Breaking away - noble Drew Ali and the foundations of contemporary Islam in African America
7. The nation
8. Malcolm
Epilogue