Muslims beyond the Arab World explores the vibrant tradition of writing African languages using the modified Arabic script ('Ajami) alongside the rise of the Muridiyya Sufi order in Senegal. The book demonstrates how the development of the 'Ajami literary tradition is entwined w…
Muslims beyond the Arab World explores the tradition of writing African languages using the Arabic script 'Ajami and the rise of the Muridiyya order of Islamic Sufi in Senegal. The book demonstrates how the development of 'Ajami and the flourishing of the Muridiyya are entwined.
ʿAjamization of Islam in Africa
by Ngom, Fallou, Kurfi, Mustapha H.
fromIslamic Africa
African Asylum at a Crossroads: Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights examines the emerging trend of requests for expert opinions in asylum hearings or refugee status determinations.
African Asylum at a Crossroads: Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights examines the emerging trend of requests for expert opinions in asylum hearings or refugee status determinations. This is the first book to explore the role of court-based expertise in relation to Afri…
Sub-Saharan African literature, ʿAjamī
by Ngom, Fallou
fromEncyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
ʿAjamī (also Ajami or Aʿjami, hereafter Ajami) comes from the Arabic ʿajam , which originally denoted obscure or incomprehensible speech, unclear or improper Arabic, or non-Arab or foreigner. Like the Greek βάρβαροι (barbarians), the word ʿajam carried connotations of feeble-min…
