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The Arts and Crafts of Literacy: Islamic Manuscript Cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa (Studies in Manuscript Cultures) by Andrea Brigaglia; Mauro Nobili; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Arts and Crafts of Literacy: Islamic Manuscript Cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa (Studies in Manuscript Cultures) about?

During the last two decades, the (re-)discovery of thousands of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa has questioned the long-standing approach of Africa as a continent only characterized by orality and legitimately assigned to the continent the status of a civilization of written literacy.However, most of the existing studies mainly aim at serving literary and historical purposes, and focus only on the textual dimension of the manuscripts. This book advances on the contrary a h

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Andrea Brigaglia; Mauro Nobili; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
Publisher
de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9783110541403
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Philosophy, History, Islam
Updated
2026-03-25

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