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Title:The Islamic Revolution of Futo Toro
Author:Robinson, David
Year:1975
Periodical:International Journal of African Historical Studies
Volume:8
Issue:2
Pages:185-221
Language:English
Geographic term:West Africa
Subjects:history
Futa Toro polity
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Religion and Witchcraft
History and Exploration
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/216648
Abstract:Studies a reform movement in Futa Toro, the middle valley of the Senegal river, which took power in the late eighteenth century. Emphasis lies on the role of the torodbe. The torodbe ('beggars of alms') is the division of the Tokolor, the inhabitants of Futa Toro, which formed the leadership and much of the membership of the reform movement and which became the ruling class of the Almamate. Notes, table.
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