This book is the first comprehensive synthesis on mosques in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing together sites from more than twenty states from sub-Saharan Africa; and more than 285 monuments, from the IXth to the XIXth centuries.
Stéphane Pradines, (PhD in Islamic Archaeology from Sorbonne University, Paris IV, 2001) is Associate Professor at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations, Aga Khan University, London (AKU-ISMC) and an archaeologist working in Egypt and East Africa. Dr Pradines is a specialist of warfare in the medieval Middle East and Muslim trade in the Indian Ocean. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Access Journal of Muslim Material Cultures, published by Brill. Prior to joining AKU-ISMC in 2012, Dr Pradines was in charge of Islamic Archaeology at the French Institute in Cairo. His publications include Fortifications et urbanisation en Afrique orientale, 2004, Gedi, une cité portuaire swahilie, 2010 and Guerre et paix dans le Proche-Orient médiéval (Xe-XVe s.), M. Eychenne, S. Pradines & A. Zouache (eds.), Cairo, Ifao/Ifpo.
