Islamic Law in Africa

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Author: J. N. D. Anderson

ISBN-10: 0714619051

ISBN-13: 9780714619057

Category: Africa - Law

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.

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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