Author: Behrman, Lucy C.
Title: Muslim Brotherhoods and Politics in Senegal
Description: Cambridge [MA], Harvard University Press, 1970. orig. cloth. 23x16cm, xvi,223 pp. In a rubbed, torn and stained dustwrapper.. 6pp photoplates; map.. Worn. Page-edges stained. Some binding stains. Just Good. ¶ Contents: The Foundations of Political Power; The Impact of the French; The Power Structure and Inter-relationhips of the 'Tariqas'; The Political Parties and the Marabus; The Government and the Brotherhoods; The Impact of the Brotherhoods on the Government Reform Program; Muslim Opposition to the Brotherhoods; Conclusion; Appendix A: Dramatis Personae; Appendix B: Statistical Exercise: Political Characteristics of the Early Twentieth- century Marabus; Appendix C: The Modern Associations of the Brotherhoods: The 'Dahira'; Appendix D: Marabu Cooperatives.

Keywords: African Political History, Muslim Brotherhoods, Sufi Marabouts, Marabu Tariqa, Politics Tariqas, History, Senegal, West Africa, Islam