Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa

April 3, 2017

Kane On April 3rd, Ousmane Kane, HDS Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society and Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, discussed his recent publication, Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa.

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From Medieval Sankore to Modern Say

From Medieval Sankore to Modern Say: Islamic Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa

Ousmane Oumar Kane, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society, delivered the inaugural Prince Alwaleed bin Talal lecture. The lecture, which took place on March 6, 2014, was titled "From Medieval Sankore to Modern Say: Islamic Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa in Historical and Comparative Perspective."

OUSMANE OUMAR KANE

From Medieval Sankore to Modern Say

From Medieval Sankore to Modern Say: Islamic Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa