Caravans of Faith: Islam's 1,300-Year Journey Across the Sahel

A sweeping and authoritative historical narrative, Caravans of Faith: Islam's 1,300-Year Journey Across the Sahel offers readers a profound look at the intersection of religion, commerce, and statecraft in West Africa. Edited by Hichem Karoui and the GEW Social Sciences Group, this book explores how the Sahel—the vast ecological corridor between the Sahara Desert and the African savannah—became a ...