Abstract: | An account of the history and teaching of this Islamic sect. The life of Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908 in the Punjab), the founder of Ahmadiyyah, is outlined very briefly in the introduction. The 1st part of the book gives the West African setting, pagan and Islamic. The 2nd section is concerned with Ahmadiyyah doctrine; the author treats of its teaching in relation to Islam, to Moslim modernism, to Christianity and to society. Part 3 describes the history of Ahmadiyyah in West Africa, chiefly in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, with a glance at the Gambia, Liberia and the former French territories. In part 4 the author considers Ahmadiyyah belief, organization, education, finance and politics in West Africa. (Rev. in Afr. Affairs, 1964, p. 150-151 by E.G. Parrinder.) |