Title Contours of Change : Muslim Courts, Women, and Islamic Society in Colonial Bathurst, the Gambia, 1905-1965.

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East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2018.

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Description	1 online resource (216 pages).
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Series	African History and Culture
	African history and culture.
Contents	Advent of colonial rule: shaping the legal landscape -- Changing traditions and marriage laws: seeyi, lu ko taka, tasul ko (divorce is more complicated than consummation of marriage) -- Making the city: the Gambia colony and the Protectorate, 1816-1965 -- Qadi court: crisis of legitimization -- Qadis, complainants, and settlements: case studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-182) and index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Muslims -- Gambia -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	Muslims.
	Gambia.
	Social conditions.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Marriage law -- Gambia -- History -- 20th century.
	Marriage law.
	Marriage (Islamic law) -- Gambia -- History -- 20th century.
	Marriage (Islamic law)
	Muslim women -- Gambia -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	Muslim women.
	History.
	HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
	Muslim women -- Social conditions.
	Muslims -- Social conditions.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
Subject	Marriage law.
Other Form:	Print version: Saho, Bala. Contours of Change : Muslim Courts, Women, and Islamic Society in Colonial Bathurst, the Gambia, 1905-1965. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2018 9781611862669
ISBN	9781609175498 (electronic book)
	1609175492 (electronic book)
	9781628953176 (electronic book)
	1628953179 (electronic book)
	9781611862669 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	1611862663 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

Title Contours of Change : Muslim Courts, Women, and Islamic Society in Colonial Bathurst, the Gambia, 1905-1965.

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