Introduction : the Islamization of "tradition" and "modernity" / Sub-Saharan Africa and the wider world of Islam : historical and contemporary perspectives / Maghribi Islam and Islam in the Maghrib : the eternal dichotomy / Islam and human rights in Sahelian Africa / Translations of the Quran into Swahili, and contemporary Islamic revival in East Africa / Islamization of contemporary Egypt / Sufism and Islamism in the Sudan / Role of Sufi women in an Algerian pilgrimage ritual / Making of a Mouride Mahdi : Serigne Abdoulaye Yakhine Diop of Thies / Power of knowledge : the life of Alhaji Ibrahim Goni, Islamic judge in Ngaoundéré, Northern Cameroon / Islamic reform and political change : the example of Abubakar Gumi and the Yan Izala movement in Northern Nigeria / Reaction and action : accounting for the rise of Islamism