Abdullahi dan Fodio and Muhammad Bello’s Debate over the Torobbe-Fulani: Case Study for a New Methodology for Arabic Primary Source Material from West Africa

This paper explores the conflict between Abdullahi dan Fodio and his nephew, Muhammad Bello, over the origin of their ethnic group, the Torobbe-Fulani. Initially open to his uncle’s theories of an Arabocentric migration narrative, Bello went on to change his views abruptly and undermine his uncle’s...

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Main Author: Naylor, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Islamic Africa
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-54
Further subjects:B Muhammad Bello
B Abdullahi dan Fodio
B Sokoto Caliphate
B Historiography
B Ethnicity
B Torobbe
B Intellectual History
B Fulani
B Nigeria
B Fodiawa
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