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Title: | Sociological factors in the contact of the Gogo of Central Tanzania with Islam |
Author: | Rigby, P.J.A. |
Book title: | Islam in tropical Africa |
Year: | 1966 |
Pages: | 268-290 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Tanzania |
Subjects: | Islam Gogo conversion interreligious relations |
Abstract: | The author examines Islamic contact with the Gogo people and their non-acceptance of Islamic influences upon three levels: 1. A brief sketch of the historical evidence for contact, with reference to different kinds of contact between tribal societies in Africa and Islam; 2. Discussion of the relevant structural aspects of Gogo society and their relation to the adoption of Islam; 3. A brief comparison of Gogo religious, cosmological, and spirit beliefs with Islamic doctrines and the possibilities of their syncretism. References; notes; French summary p. 290-295. |