The Appropriation of Islam in a Gambian Village : Life and Times of Shaykh Mass Kah, 1827–1936

by Bala S. K. Saho Abstract This paper explores the role played by an Islamic cleric, Shaykh Mass Kah, in the dissemination of Islamic teaching and its practice in the Senegambia. It analyzes the role religious leaders played in the Senegambia after the demise of Islamic kingdoms that militant Islamic leaders attempted to build during […]