MLT 150 - Islam in West-Africa: Ahmadou Bamba’s Murid Tariqa as a case study

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This course examines Islam in West Africa through the lens of Ahmadou Bamba (1853-1927), a Sufi religious figure whose life experiences, works, and teachings shed light on the history and development of Islam in the region. The differences between honotheism and monotheism will be explored. The course also focuses on Ahmadou Bamba as an avant-gardist in the non-violence movement and the decolonization project often attributed to Black intellectuals such as Senghor, Césaire, and Damas, the the co-founders of the
Negritude movement in the 1930s. CC: JCHF ISP: AFR