Description - Servants of Allah by Sylviane A. Diouf
Many assume that what Muslim faith any West Africans took with them when transported to the Americas as slaves was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu. This book sets out to show that, in fact, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. It presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas, and describes how, even while enslaved, many Muslims managed to follow most of the precepts of their religion. Literate, urban and well-travelled, they drew on their organization and the strength of their faith to maintain successful, cohesive communities and to play a major part in the best-known slave uprisings. Although Islam did not survive in the Americas in its orthodox form, its mark can be found in certain religions, traditions and artistic creations of peoples of African descent.
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