REASSESSING AFRICAN MUSLIMS’ ROLE IN THE COLONIAL CARTOGRAPHIC PROJECT
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Islamic Africa, Colonial Cartography, Atlantic Africa, Mutual Aid SocietiesResumen
Abstract: Conventional histories of colonial exploration in Africa often subtly or overtly discount the existence and value of indigenous African knowledge of African geographies. This study presents historical evidence for the existence of a long-standing Islamic African tradition of cultivating and disseminating cartographic knowledge within diasporic networks on the continent as well as in the wider Atlantic world. It argues for a reassessment of the impact of this tradition not only on the colonial cartographic enterprise but on the life trajectories of its practitioners.
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