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The Manuscript Heritage of Sudanic Africa: Issues in Standardisation, Preservation, and Knowledge Generation

Apr 5, 2023   12:00 pm  
108 Coble Hall and Zoom
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Lecture
Amidu Sanni
Sponsor
Center for African Studies (CAS)
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
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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

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