J. Spencer Trimingham's regional academic history traces the spread of Islam across West Africa from its earliest arrival through the nineteenth century jihad movements, including the Fulani jihad states founded by Usman dan Fodio in Hausaland, Seku Amadu in Masina and, later, Umar Tall among the Toucouleur, arguing that the turn of the eighteenth into the nineteenth century marked Islam's transformation in the region from a religion largely confined to ruling and trading elites into an active social and political reform movement.
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PublisherOxford University Press 1 Publication Year Assessment
Reliability TierA foundational academic history of Islam in West Africa published by a major university press, still widely cited as a reference for the region's nineteenth century jihad movements despite its age. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Usman dan Fodio directly: "the Fulani jihad states founded by Usman dan Fodio in Hausaland, Seku Amadu in Masina and, later, Umar Tall among the Toucouleur, arguing that the turn of the eighteenth into the nineteenth century..."
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