Dr. Ousmane Kane, 'Beyond Timbuktu: Islamic Scholarship in West Africa'

In October 2019, Dr. Ousmane Kane presented at ACMCU a book talk on his new book Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa. In his talk, Dr. Kane examined historic Timbuktu and its role as a center of Muslim learning from Islam’s Golden Age. He also charted the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day.