ILCAA Joint Research Project

Study on an Islamic Prayer Book from the Kingdom of Jimma in Ethiopia (jrp000235)

Keywords

• History
• Religion
• Islam
• Prayer Book
• Manuscript

Areas

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Ethiopia

Website

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About the Project

Project term: April, 2017–March, 2019

Islam has a large presence in North Africa and in numerous regions in sub-Saharan Africa. It is also widely practiced in the eastern and southwestern regions of Ethiopia, situated in the northeast of sub-Saharan Africa and famous for its ancient Christianity. The Kingdom of Jimma, founded by the Oromo, was the first kingdom to convert to Islam in southwestern Ethiopia. ILCAA has obtained an Islamic prayer book made in the Kingdom of Jimma, possessed by J. Borelli, a French explorer who visited this kingdom in the latter half of the 1880s. This project will examine this Islamic prayer book and show its historical significance, exploring records of Islam in the Kingdom of Jimma and southwestern Ethiopia. This project will be an important case study for the process of Islamization in the inland areas of Ethiopia and other parts of Africa.

Members

Coordinator

• Hiroki ISHIKAWA (ILCAA)

ILCAA Staff

• Kota KARIYA

Joint Researchers

• Takashi ARAYA
• Tamon BABA
• Minako ISHIHARA
• Yasuo MATSUNAMI
• Motomichi WAKASA
• Sayuri YOSHIDA

Outputs

Meetings

The 4th meeting

• Date/Time: Sun 3 March 13:30–18:30
• Venue: Hongo Satellite 5F

• All members

  Discussion about Publication of Results

The 3rd meeting

• Date/Time: Sat 1 Dec 2018 13:30–18:30
• Venue: Hongo Satellite 7F

• Sayuri YOSHIDA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Nanzan University)

  “Archive Research on F. J. Bieber Collections for Open Access”

  All members

  Discussion about Publication of Results

The 2nd meeting

• Date/Time: Wed 28 Mar 2018 13:30–18:30
• Venue: Hongo Satellite 8F

• Kota KARIYA (ILCAA)

  “Report on the Contents of the Islamic Prayer Book from the Kingdom of Jimma in Ethiopia”

  All members

  Discussion about Publication of Results and Exhibition

The 1st meeting

• Date/Time: Sun 1 Oct 2017 14:00–19:00
• Venue: Room 302, ILCAA

• Hiroki ISHIKAWA (ILCAA)

  Explanation by Coordinator about Research Plan

  Minako ISHIHARA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Nanzan University)

  “On the History of Islam in Ethiopia with Special References to the Kingdom of Jimma”

  All members

  Discussion about Publication of Results and Exhibition

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