Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa

We facilitate scholarship on the Islamic tradition of learning in Africa and promote awareness of the role of Islam in African societies.

Africa, Globalization, and the Muslim Worlds

ISITA teams up with Harvard Divinity School on a multi-disciplinary conference at Harvard featuring the UK-based Muslim musical group, the Baraka Boys.

In Memoriam: R.S. O'Fahey

R.S. O'Fahey, ISITA's cofounder and professor emeritus of history at the University of Bergen, passed away on April 9. Read tributes from friends and colleagues throughout the world.

Workshop Supports Early Career Scholars of Islam in Africa

On May 3, ISITA held its first Book Development Workshop for Early Career Scholars of Islam in Africa. The workshop supported three early career scholars as they prepared their book manuscripts for submission to a press.

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INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT IN AFRICA