Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa

March 31, 2017
Professor Ousmane Kane
HDS Prince Awaleed bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society and Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Ousmane Kane./ Photo courtesy of the Harvard Gazette.

Ousmane Kane, the HDS Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society and professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will be speaking on his new book Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa on Monday, April 3.  Professors Ali Asani, Khaled El-Rouayheb, and Fallou Ngom will join him. Also read Professor Kane's recent interview with the Harvard Gazette and his talk with the online journal Rorotoko.

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