Islamization from Below

"A well researched and written narrative and analysis, Islamization from Below lives up to its promise of bringing new insight to the process by which Islam has become the majority religious practice of significant areas of West Africa. I do not know of any comparable works. His work should interest students and scholars of African and West African history, Islam and religious studies."—David Robinson, Michigan State University

~David Robinson

“Peterson has produced an excellent study based on his probing of colonial documents and extensive use of oral testimony about the past. He underscores the sociological aspects of Islam's allure and the role of former slaves, retired soldiers, and labor migrants in the integration of Islam into the local religious heritage. The comprehensiveness of the analysis means that this work is a very significant contribution to the literature on colonial rule, with fine reconstructions of economic and administrative transformations.”—John H. Hanson, Indiana University

~John Hanson

“One of the most important and inspired works on Islam in Africa.”—American Historical Review 

~American Historical Review