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African Tradition Deserves Same Recognition As Islam and Christianity – Abisola Alawode

Multimedia Journalist Abisola Alawode has launched a documentary series focused on African religion and spirituality. Titled, Exploring African Spirituality, the series, currently streaming on Abisola ...
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Soundtrack To A Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism

The influence of Islam on African American jazz musicians post-WWII and the influence of those musicians in the spread of Islam in American cities are interrelated topics that, broadly speaking, are ...
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Black Morocco : a history of slavery, race, and Islam / Chouki El Hamel

AFA copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Ruth O. Selig in Memory of Rollyn Osterweis Krichbaum. "Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race and Islam chronicles the ...
The New York Times

DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People

A genetic analysis of dozens of ancient skeletons from East Africa helps pin down the origins of coastal Swahili society. By Elie Dolgin A long history of mercantile trade along the eastern shores of ...
Reuters

Genetic study details complex ancestry of East Africa's Swahili people

March 29 (Reuters) - A study of centuries-old DNA has deciphered the complex ancestry of coastal East Africa's Swahili people, revealing how a cosmopolitan and prosperous medieval civilization arose ...