Muslims Beyond the Arab World
Enjoy a reading and signing of Professor Ngom’s new book Thursday, October 20, 3:30-5pm at 232 Bay State Road, room 505. Refreshments will be served and books will be available for purchase.
Fallou Ngom's new book out this July entitled "Muslims Beyond The Arab World, The Odyssey of 'Ajami and the Muridiyya" demonstrates how 'Ajami materials serve as essential resources of indigenous religious, socio-cultural, and historical knowledge necessary for understanding the spread of Islam and its many adaptations in sub-Saharan Africa and the Muslim world at large. It explores the role that 'Ajami materials played in the rise of the Muridiyya as one of the most resilient, dynamic, and influential Sufi movements in sub-Saharan Africa. It uncovers the vital role Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba and the Ajami poets who followed him played in the formation and perpetuation of the current religious traditions of Muridiyya The text includes access to a companion website. Join us at the Center for Professor Ngom's book reading and signing this fall.