West African Islam

E289428

regional form of Islam religious tradition

West African Islam is a regional expression of the Islamic faith shaped by centuries of interaction with local cultures, Sufi traditions, and indigenous social and political structures across West Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Islamic West Africa	1
West African Islam canonical	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	regional form of Islam ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire	Bornu Empire ⓘ Ghana Empire ⓘ Mali Empire ⓘ Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ Songhai Empire ⓘ
associatedWithTrade	Trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ surface form: trans-Saharan trade routes
characteristicPractice	Sufi brotherhood membership ⓘ dhikr gatherings ⓘ mawlid celebrations ⓘ veneration of Sufi saints ⓘ
commonLanguageOfScholarship	Ajami scripts ⓘ Arabic ⓘ
contemporaryTendency	coexistence of Sufi, Salafi, and reformist currents ⓘ
dominantLegalSchool	Maliki school ⓘ surface form: Maliki fiqh
educationalInstitutionType	Islamic learning circle ⓘ Quranic school ⓘ Sufi lodge ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom	Sufism ⓘ indigenous political structures ⓘ indigenous social structures ⓘ local West African cultures ⓘ
historicalCenter	Futa Jallon ⓘ Futa Tooro ⓘ surface form: Futa Toro Gao ⓘ Jenne ⓘ Kano ⓘ Timbuktu ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	centuries of interaction between Muslim and indigenous communities ⓘ
integrates	pre-Islamic cultural customs ⓘ
keyFigure	Al-Hajj Salim Suwari ⓘ Amadu Bamba ⓘ El Hadj Umar Tall ⓘ Nana Asma’u ⓘ Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
majorSufiOrder	Muridiya ⓘ Qadiriyya ⓘ Sanusiyya ⓘ Tijaniyya Sufi order ⓘ surface form: Tijaniyya
pilgrimagePractice	participation in Hajj to Mecca ⓘ regional pilgrimages to Sufi shrines ⓘ
practicedIn	Burkina Faso ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Côte d’Ivoire The Gambia ⓘ surface form: Gambia Ghana ⓘ Guinea ⓘ Mali ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Senegal ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
roleInSociety	basis for Islamic law and dispute resolution ⓘ framework for social and moral norms ⓘ source of political legitimacy for rulers ⓘ
spreadVia	Sufi missionary networks ⓘ itinerant scholars ⓘ long-distance Muslim merchants ⓘ
usesScript	Ajami script for African languages ⓘ Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nana Asma’u → culturalContext → West African Islam ⓘ

Ngazargamu → culturalSphere → West African Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic West Africa