El Hamel, Chouki.

Black Morocco : a history of slavery, race, and Islam / Chouki El Hamel. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xiii, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - African studies; 123 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The notion of slavery and the justification of concubinage as an ins titution of slavery in Islam -- The interplay between slavery, race and color prejudice -- The trans-Saharan diaspora -- Racializing slavery : the controversy of Mawlay Ismail's project -- The black army's functio ns and the role of women -- The political history of the black army : b etween privilege and marginality -- The abolition of slavery in Morocco -- The Gnawa and the memory of slavery.

9781107025776

2012-023658


Ismåa°åil, Sultan of Morocco, d. 1727.


Gnawa (Brotherhood)


Blacks--History.--Morocco
Slavery--History.--Morocco
Concubinage--History.--Morocco
Slavery and Islam.
Soldiers, Black

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