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Islam in Africa

Recap: Baraza with Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah

Monday April 12, 2021

On April 9th, 2021 the Center for African Studies, the Islam in Africa Working Group, the Center for Global Islamic Studies, the Department of Religion, and the Henry Luce Foundation presented: A Baraza with Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah.  The title of the Talk was “Christian-Muslim Encounters: The Nigerian Experience” Matthew Hassan Kukah is the bishop of […]

Recap: Islam | Africa with Dr. Ousseina D. Alidou

Monday December 7, 2020

On December 1 the CAS Islam | Africa Working Group hosted Dr. Ousseina D. Alidou from Rutgers University. Her lecture titled, “COVID-19 Pandemic, Hausa Muslim Poetic Narratives, Compassion and Resistance” focused on the transborder identity of artists from Nigeria and Niger. Dr. Alidou argued that Hausa artists are producing new discourse about what it means […]

Recap: Islam | Africa with Dr. Musa Ibrahim

Monday February 3, 2020

Last Tuesday, Musa Ibrahim (University of Florida) gave a lecture for the Islam in Africa Working Group titled, “Exploring Kannywood as a Driver and Space for Contestations and Negotiations between Sufi and Salafi Muslims.” Musa (Abba) Ibrahim is a postdoctoral research fellow for the “Islam in Africa in Global Context” project, which is funded through a grant […]

Recap: Islam in Africa with Hassan Muhammed Kawo

Friday September 1, 2017

On Tuesday August 22, Hassan Muhammed Kawo gave an Islam in Africa presentation titled, “The Nature of the Islamic Literary Heritage in Ethiopia: Arabic and Ajami Texts.” Hassan Muhammed Kawo is a lecturer at Addis Ababa University and a PhD student at University of Cape Town. His talk discussed literary heritage in Ethiopia, which has one of […]

Recap: Islam in Africa Roundtable “Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) as a Dilemma for African Muslims”

Monday November 21, 2016

On Monday November 14th, Dr. Terje Ostebo (Religion), Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim(Political Science), and Dr. Sue O’Brien (History) participated in a roundtable titled, “Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) as a Dilemma for African Muslims”. The roundtable was moderated by Dr. Leonardo Villalon (Dean, Center for International Studies). Dr. Ostebo’s presentation covered CVE from a cross-national point of view, while Ibrahim and Dr. O’Brien discussed […]