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

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

E-Mail

ekuma2@illinois.edu

Views

14

Originating Calendar

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