A remarkably thorough study of the history of the Auwal Mosque in Dorp St., Cape Town, the first mosque in South Africa, and the people associated with it. This centre was the point of growth of the Cape Muslim community, and plays a significant part in the cultural history of the area.
Notes and references, bibliography, appendices with tables giving names, dates, places of possible origin, family register, statistical analysis.
Frontispiece is a drawing of the Auwal Mosque in Upper Dorp Street by N. Verboom. Photographs, reproductions of signatures and maps of Indonesia India and Africa.
Pages 1-137.
No dj. Red Cloth-covered boards, gilt Balkema logo on front, gilt titles on slightly faded spine.
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 230 x 155 x 15 mm
- Sold By: Pringle Bay Books
- Contact Person: Neil Berens
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 082 899 7195 or 083 652 5694
- Preferred Payment Methods: Mastercard, VISA, and EFT
- Trade Associations: SABDA
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