وقائع الندوة الدولية حول ”الحضارة الإسلامية في شرق أفريقيا“

This volume comprises the proceedings of the International Symposium on “Islamic Civilisation in Eastern Africa”, held in Kampala, Uganda on 15-17 December 2003. The symposium, jointly organized by IRCICA and the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), brought together a wide array of distinguished scholars and researchers from universities, international organizations, cultural and educational institutions around the world. The papers selected for this volume are grouped under sections highlighting the major themes that were discussed during the symposium, namely, the penetration of Islam in Eastern Africa; Islam and trade in Eastern Africa; Kiswahili and Islamic literature; Islamic education and intellectual development in Eastern Africa; European colonial powers and Islam; Islam and the contemporary period.
A second symposium on the same theme was organized by IRCICA in 2013, jointly with the National Records and Archive Authority of Oman and the State University of Zanzibar, at Zanzibar City, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Its proceedings were also published.