Author: Shawn Provencal

New Research Project on ʿAjamī Literature, Literacy and Culture in West Africa

By Daivi Rodima-Taylor The Boston University African Studies Center has started work on an important scholarly project that provides a new window into the history, cultures, and intellectual traditions of West Africa. The project ʿAjamī Literature and the Expansion of Literacy and Islam: The Case of West Africa that was awarded a NEH Collaborative Research […]

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