Black Mecca : the African Muslims of Harlem / Zain Abdullah

Author:: Abdullah, Zain
Published:: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Physical Description:: viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents:

Prologue: A new blues people -- America dreaming -- The black encounter -- The language of heaven -- A sacred city -- Harlem jihads -- Doing Allah's work -- Family matters -- Epilogue: In pursuit of hope.

Subject(s):

Muslims—New York (State)—New York
West Africans—New York (State)—New York
New York (N.Y.)—Emigration and immigration
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)—Ethnic relations

ISBN:

9780195314250 (hardback : alk. paper)
0195314255 (hardback : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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