Islam and Gender in Colonial Northeast Africa: Sittī 'alawiyya, the Uncrowned Queen

by Silvia Bruzzi

In Islam and Gender in Colonial Northeast Africa, Silvia Bruzzi provides a social history of the colonial encounter across the Red Sea and the Mediterranean region during the life and times of Sittī 'Alawiyya (1892-1940), the 'Uncrowned Queen' of Eritrea.

270 pages, ebook

Published December 7, 2017