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Islam and the African World

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Format MLA and Use In-text Citations Use the 5Ws: Who, What, Where, When, And Why. Some Writers Add A Sixth Question, How, to the List. Due date: Friday, March 26th. 1. Watch Video: “The Legacy of Arab Islam in Africa.” Write a 1-page Reflection Paper. 2. Read Sylviane A. Diouf, and write a 1-page summary of each of the following: i. Introduction ii. Chapters 1 iii. Chapter 2 iv. Chapter 3 v. Chapter 4 vi. Chapter 5 3. Watch Video: “Prince Among Slaves,” and write a 1-2page Reflection Paper. 4. Read Michael Gomez, Chaps. 1, 2 & 3. Write a 1-page summary of the main points of each chapter (3 pages total). ________________________________________________ Week 6: [3/1 - 3/5] The Transatlantic Slave Trade: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas Sylviane A. Diouf, Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas (New York: New York University Press, 1998), Introduction: An Understudied Presence and Legacy; Chapter 1. African Muslims, Christian Europeans and the Atlantic Slave Trade; Chapter 2. Upholding the Five Pillars of Islam in a Hostile World. Video: “The Legacy of Arab Islam in Africa”- An Interview with John Azumah, the author. (You Tube) Week 7: [ 3/8-3/12] Literacy Resistance and Revolt among African Muslims in the Americas Sylviane A. Diouf, Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas (New York: New York University Press, 1998). Chapter 3: “The Muslim Community”; Chapter 4: “Literacy: A Distinction and a Danger”; Chapter 5. Resistance, Revolts and Returns to Africa.” Video: A Prince Among Slaves Week 9: [3/22-3/26] African Muslims in the Caribbean and Latin America Michael Gomez, Black Crescent: The Experience and Legacy of African Muslims in the Americas Chapter 1 “Ladinos, Gelfoes and Mandingas,” pp. 3 -46; Chapter 2 “Caribbean Descent,” pp. 47-90; Chapter 3 “Brazilian Sambas,” pp. 91-127.
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