African Islam - Transcripts of Resistance

This course explores African Islam as a set of interconnected cultural continuums, religio-political movements, & interpretive identities. Lectures will cover significant moments in the burgeoning of African Muslim thought and identities through an array of literary sources. Students will examine writings from different spheres of African Islam on the continent & in African diasporas, from the 6th to the 21st century with literature from the centers in East, North, West, & Sub-Saharan Africa, students will engage with African Muslim diasporic writings from the Near East, the Indian Subcontinent, the Atlantic World, & the Americas.