I cannot write my life : Islam, Arabic, and slavery in Omar ibn Said's America / Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst.

"This work centers on the life and writing of Omar Ibn Said, born in 1770 in a border region between Senegal and Mauritania that played a significant role in Islamic nations. Omar studied for 25 years at an Islamic seminary and was poised to become a leader in the faith, but after being capture...

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Main Authors: Lo, Mbaye (Author), Ernst, Carl W., 1950- (Author)
Other Authors: Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Series:Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
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505 0 |a A land lost -- A life unread -- Sermons unheard -- A Muslim in church -- The treachery of the experts -- Appendix. Omar's ʻAjamī English: American Words and Names in Arabic Script. 
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