We facilitate scholarship on the Islamic tradition of learning in Africa and promote awareness of the role of Islam in African societies.
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Remembering Lansine Kaba (1941-2023)
ISITA celebrates the life and work of historian and Northwestern alumnus Lansine Kaba (PhD 1972) with a symposium on October 25, 2023.
Maktaba: A Digital Collection of African Arabic Manuscripts in Translation
NEH award to ISITA and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign supports development of digital manuscript collection.
ISITA Hosts Visiting Scholar from Japan
Anthropologist Seiji Nakao of Kyoto University to spend a year in residence as an ISITA visiting scholar.News
Ahmed Salem speaks at NU-Qatar, explores Mauritanian scholarly excellence
ISITA Co-Sponsors Translation Symposium
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- Arabic Literature of Africa Series are rregional overviews of the major authors writing in Arabic in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Publications resulting from ISITA initiatives include, articles and papers.
- Islamic Africa is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, academic journal.