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"SEEKING FREEDOM IN THE SAHEL: TRANSNATIONAL POLITICS AND ISLAMIC NETWORKS IN COLONIAL MALI"

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Department of History and Center for African Studies
Date
Dec 4, 2020   2:00 - 3:30 pm  
Speaker
Ms. Madina Thiam, UCLA
Registration
Registration
Contact
Terri Gitler
E-Mail
tgitler@illinois.edu
Phone
217-333-6335
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This is the fourth and final lecture in the series "Timbuktu Talks," presented by the Center for African Studies.  The series is hosted by Professor Mauro Nobili of the Department of History.  The city of Timbuktu in Mali epitomizes the intellectual vibrancy of African Muslim societies.  These lectures explore past and contemporary aspects of Islamic Africa.

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