Paths Toward the Nation : Islam, Community, and Early Nationalist Mobilization in Eritrea, 1941-1961.

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Note on Language, Terminology, and Translation -- Introduction: Islam, Community, and the Cultural Politics of Eritrean Nationalism -- 1. Early Rumblings: Muslim Activism in British-Occupied Eritrea, April 1941-November 1946 -- 2. Founding Success: The Muslim League and the Early Nationalist Movement, November 1946-December 1947 -- 3. Navigating Rough Seas: The Muslim League's Internal Challenges, January 1948-September 1949 -- 4. Maintaining Momentum: The Muslim League and Its Rivals, September 1949-December 1950 -- 5. Holding the Line: Institutional Autonomy and Political Representation on the Federation's Eve, December 1950-September 1952 -- 6. Struggling for Autonomy: The Disintegrating Federation, October 1952-December 1957 -- 7. New Beginnings at the Federation's End: Muslim Mobilization, Popular Resistance, and Diaspora Activism, January 1958-September 1961 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

In the early and mid-1940s, during the period of British wartime occupation, community and religious leaders in the former Italian colony of Eritrea engaged in a course of intellectual and political debate that marked the beginnings of a genuine national consciousness across the region.

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