The Manuscript Heritage of Sudanic Africa: Issues in Standardisation, Preservation, and Knowledge Generation
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Center for African Studies (CAS)
- Location
- 108 Coble Hall and Zoom
- Virtual
- Join online
- Date
- Apr 5, 2023 12:00 pm
- Speaker
- Prof. Amidu Sanni (Vice-Chancellor/President of Fountain University, Osogbo Nigeria and Professor African and Middle Eastern Studies)
- Contact
- Fangyong Kuma
- ekuma2@illinois.edu
- Views
- 55
- Originating Calendar
- Center for African studies - Outreach Calendar
This talk will look at evidence contrary to popular opinions that knowledge South of the Sahara was predominantly oral and lacked literacy culture. This new scholarship indicates that Sudanic Africa already had Islamic scholars and scholarly manuscripts before most of European civilization.
Zoom link: https://go.illinois.edu/AmiduSanni
Meeting ID: 864 0736 5970 | Password: 281243