For nearly two decades, Duke professor Mbaye Lo worked to bring attention to the life and writings of Omar ibn Said, a 19 th century West African Muslim scholar enslaved and brought to North Carolina, ...

JNIM, whose name means the “Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims,” seeks to incite the West African Muslim community to “remove oppression” and expel non-Muslim “occupiers.”[3] Specifically, the ...

Islam first came to West Africa as a slow and peaceful process, spread by Muslim traders and scholars. The early journeys across the Sahara were done in stages. Goods passed through chains of ...

The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s branch for West Africa, has publicized its da’wah (proselytizing) activities in local communities in Mali and Burkina Faso. Photos ...

The state of Takrur to the west had already adopted Islam as its official religion and evolved ever closer trading ties with North Africa. "The city of Ghana consists of two towns situated on a plain.

Although a secular republic, Islam is the majority religion and pervades the whole of society. This causes some Chadians to show hostility and intolerance towards Christians, whom they regard as ...

She was the only West African Muslim woman to achieve this feat among six other finalists. She received $75,000 to create short films through a local production company and under the guidance of ...