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 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.

A man regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam has been fatally shot while sitting in a car in South Africa in what many ...

He recalled that Shari’a adjudication is not new to the South West, adding, “Historically, Yoruba Muslims have settled ... and government malfeasance in Africa. Using photos, text, and video ...

has raised an alarm over what it called increasing threats of violence against Muslims in the South West region of Nigeria, particularly Yoruba Muslims. The group has called on the Inspector ...