Jihad of the Pen. Rudolph Ware

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       Acknowledgments

      We would like to acknowledge the many scholars, both Muslim ‘ulama’ and Western academics, who have made accessible the Islamic scholarly tradition of West Africa to a wider readership. They are too many to name here, but this work would not have been possible without their efforts.

      For previous source-work on Shehu ‘Uthman bin Fudi, we are grateful for the efforts of Mervyn Hiskett, Murray Last, and John Hunwick. We also acknowledge the direct assistance of ‘A’isha Bewley and Muhammad Shareef in preparing the section on Ibn Fudi.

      For prior work on the writings of al-Hajj ‘Umar Tal, we acknowledge the work of Bernd Radtke, John Hunwick, Said Bousbina, and Muhtar Holland. We also thank Kamal Husayni for making available to us unpublished drafts of Holland’s translations of sections of the Rimah. We are grateful to Imam Fode Drame and Sillah Drammeh for offering translation advice on difficult passages from al-Hajj ‘Umar’s writing.

      Earlier work with the writings of Serin Touba Ahmadu Bamba deserving mention includes that of Cheikh Babou, Bachir Mbacké, and Sana Camara.

      For the writings of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse, we are thankful for the previous translation and analytical work of Shaykh Hasan Cissé, Ousmane Kane, Rüdiger Seesemann, and Fakhruddin Owaisi. The explanations provided by Imam Cheikh СКАЧАТЬ