A survey of the extent to which Islamic law is applied in those parts of East and West Africa which were at one time under British administration.
A survey of the extent to which Islamic law is applied in those parts of East and West Africa which were at one time under British administration.
Foreword Lord HaileyIntroduction 1Pt. I Aden and East AfricaAden 11Somaliland Protectorate 40Zanzibar 58Kenya 81Tanganyika 122Uganda 148Nyasaland Protectorate 162Pt. II West AfricaNigeria 171The Gambia 225The Gold Coast 249Sierra Leone 287AppendicesAppendix A The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 301Appendix B The Immigrant Muslim Communities 322Appendix C Brief Notes on Certain Points of Law 332Appendix D Fatuma's Case 340Appendix E The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 343Appendix F Somaliland Addenda 345Appendix G Table of Ordinances, Decrees, etc. 346Appendix H Table of Cases Cited 352Glossary 357Index 381