Bubonic plague took over 50,000 lives in colonial Senegal between 1914 and 1945. This book examines how colonizer and colonized changed their perceptions of the epidemic over time, and looks at how Africans resisted coercive and punitive measures. Statistical appendix, 5 maps, 6 tables, 2 charts, 12 photos, bib, index, xviii+303pp, UK, USA, RSA.. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852556462

Drawing on 25 years of experience in Senegal the author considers the success of projects in which Africans decide for themselves how to develop their lives and societies. Listening and popular experience are key factors. BNS, 324pp, in French, FRANCE. KARTHALA, 2845861559

Girls' education in Africa is a major concern of international institutions, states and grassroots organisations but despite this emphasis, evidence shows that the situation has deteriorated since 1980 in most African countries. This study demonstrates the problem as one of the multiple social repercussions and manifestations of the economic crisis. The author analyses the links between socio economic factors and what happens at the end of primary school, a moment identified as crucial in girls' education. Text in French. BNS, 141pp, SENEGAL. UNION FOR AFRICAN POPULATION STUDIES, 2910115275

In Senegal, the Muridiyya, a large Islamic Sufi order, is the single most influential religious organization, including among its numbers the nations president. Yet little is known of this sect in the West. Drawn from a wide variety of archival, oral, and iconographic sources in Arabic, French, and Wolof, this study offers an analysis of the founding and development of the order and a biographical study of its founder, Cheikh Amadu Bamba Mbacke, as well as the continuing reconstruction of this identity by more recent followers. Reveals how religious power is built at the intersection of genealogy, knowledge, and spiritual force, and how this power in turn affected colonial policy. Index, bib, notes, b/w illus, 294pp, USA. OHIO U P.

The Sufi Muslim orders to which the vast majority of Senegalese belong are the most significant institutions of social organization in the country. While studies of Islam and politics have tended to focus on the destabilizing force of religiously based groups, the author argues that in Senegal the orders have been a central component of a political system that has been among the most stable in Africa. Focusing on a regional administrative centre, he combines a detailed account of grassroots politics with an analysis of national and international forces to examine the ways in which the internal dynamics of the orders shape the exercise of power by the Senegalese. 359pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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A historical survey of the colony and of change up to 1960. This book reconsiders the years that led up to independence. 288pp, in French, BNS, FRANCE KARTHALA, 2845861133

Another edited collection from M A Diop, following his collection SENEGAL CONTEMPORAIN. This large volume covers change and life in Senegal since independence, looks at social and sociological dynamics and state-society relations. BNS, notes, some bib, 736pp, French text. FRANCE. KARTHALA, 2845863195

The Murid order, founded in Senegal in the latter decades of the nineteenth century, grew into a major Sufi order during the colonial period and is now among the most recognizable of the Sufi orders in Africa. Murids have spread the voice of Islam and Africa in concert halls and on the airwaves through pop singers - especially Youssou N'Dour - and the image of Shaykh Amadu Bamba M'Backe, the founding saint of the order, often used to grace the covers of works concerning Islam, African culture, abolition, and European colonization. This study explores how a Muslim society in West Africa actively created a conception of modernity that reflects its own historical awareness and identity. Drawing from Murid written and oral historical sources, Glover carefully considers how the Murid order at the collective and individual levels has navigated the intersection of two major historical forces - Islam, specifically in the contexts of reform and mysticism, and European colonization - and achieved in the process an understanding of modernity not as an unwilling witness but as an active participant. Index, bib, b/w illus, maps, 312pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER PRESS.

A study tracing the genesis and evolution of Sufism in order to explain the circumstances that permitted the emergence of Sufi brotherhoods. The author also looks at the brotherhoods that are currently active in Senegal and the parts they play in the country's economic, cultural, social and political life. Translated by Eric Ross. Index, 141pp, USA. MARKUS WIENER PUBLICATIONS INC.

Drought is often associated with crisis. Drought may, however, also be analysed as a disruption of conventional routines enabling actors to innovate herding techniques and alter existing power structures as in northern Senegal, where pastoral migration acted as a catalyst for technological innovation. 272pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.