Table of Contents

Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Islam between empire and nation: Indian schooling, Madressas and the State in Natal, c.1880-1927; Towards Aligarh in Africa: The founding of the orient Islamic educational institute, 1927-43; Shifting grounds: The search for a site in a divided city, 1943-6; Politics of 'integrated' state-aided schooling, 1942-55; The making of orient school, 1946-59; Deenyath: Debating an Islamic syllabus for a state-aided school, 1960-94; Dunyanee: Teaching and learning in the era of separate development, 1960-94; Reorientations: From state-aided to independent status, 1994-8; Conclusion: The orient in a new century; Index.

About the Author

Goolam Vahed is an Associate Professor of History at the University of KwaZulu-Natal who writes on histories of migration, ethnicity and identity formation among Indian South Africans.

Thembisa Waetjen is a Research Associate at the Durban University of Technology and writes on gender, politics and public culture in twentieth-century South Africa.