Black Crescent: The Experience and Legacy of African Muslims in the Americas
by Michael A. Gomez
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Beginning with Latin America in the fifteenth century, this book, first published in 2005, is a social history of the experiences of African Muslims and their descendants throughout the Americas, including the Caribbean. The record under slavery is examined, as is the post-slavery period into the twentieth century. The experiences vary, arguably due to some extent to the Old World context. Muslim revolts in Brazil are also discussed, especially in 1835, by way of a nuanced analysis. The show more second part of the book looks at the emergence of Islam among the African-descended in the United States in the twentieth century, with successive chapters on Noble Drew Ali, Elijah Muhammad, and Malcolm X, with a view to explaining how orthodoxy arose from varied unorthodox roots. show lessTags
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read the Brazil chapter, mainly. A wealth of information and insight, well structured.
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- Original title
- Black Crescent: The Experience and Legacy of African Muslims in the Americas
- Original publication date
- 2005
- People/Characters
- Malcom X, Noble Drew Ali, W. D. Fard, Elijah Muhammad
- Important places
- West Africa, Carribean, Brazil, New York, North Amercan South,
- Important events
- Malê Revolt in Bahia of 1835, founding of the 'Nation of Islam',
- First words
- In 1492 Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic, and with him came Islam.
- Quotations
- Despite the repressions of 1835, therefore, Islam as the heritage of African slaves continued in Brazil at least through the mid-twentieth century, and arguably into the 1980s, though by then its followers were greatly reduce... (show all)d numerically.
(Chapter 3, Brazilian Sambas. P 127) - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)[Malcom X] reconnected, in very concrete terms, with both Islam and Africa, completing the return to the religion of African Muslim forebears in the process. For his journey, he has the Noble Drew Ali to thank, among others.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 305.6 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Religious groups
- LCC
- E185 .G615 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans Status and development since emancipation
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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