Burial practices, African women, and Islam in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Early in 2003, African Muslims in Uitenhage’s township, Kwa-Nobuhle, learnt that Muslim women, led by Sheikh Nceba Salamntu, in South Africa’s Port Elizabeth New Brighton township, were allowed, contrary to previous practice, to follow a funeral procession right up to the graveyard. The resultant di...
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University of Port Elizabeth
2004
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10948/346 |