H-IslamInAfrica

H-Net's network on the study of Islam and Muslims in Africa

H-IslamInAfrica promotes scholarly research, both within and outside Africa, in all areas and disciplines of the social sciences and humanities relevant to Islam in Africa. We want to encourage international cooperation and facilitate the exchange of ideas and meaningful dialogue among persons engaged in research on Islam in Africa. Toward those ends, the network aims to:

  • Encourage the publication and dissemination of scholarly and artistic works as well as primary sources on Islamic studies and related topics.
  • Organize panels, symposia, and conferences on Islam in Africa at meetings of regional, national and international organizations.
  • And provide the general public with information on issues of historical, cultural, and contemporary interest in Islam in Africa.

Recent Content

CFP CAA 2019: "Hands Up, Don't Shoot!": Bodies as Sites of Trauma in Contemporary Art

Monique Fowler Paul Kerman •07/08/2018 Discussion

"Hands Up, Don't Shoot!": Bodies as Sites of Trauma in Contemporary Art

College Art Association Annual Conference 2019 Panel, New York, NY, February 13-16

Chair: Monique Kerman, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

In Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates explains that, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage,” (2015, p. 164). In recent years, this history has been thrown into relief by well-publicized instances of police violence, especially against African-American men, which has led to civil protests such as #BlackLivesMatter on social media and in

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Re: Publications Announcements?

Monique Fowler Paul Kerman •07/08/2018 Discussion

In December 2017, I published Contemporary British Artists of African Descent and the Unburdening of a Generation with Palgrave Macmillan. Most of the artists are non-Muslim, but it has a brief analysis of Zineb Sedira's Self Portraits or the Virgin Mary (2000). I also have an article in press with Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, that includes analysis of Sedira's series of photographs and videos based on a ship graveyard in Mauritania, called "The Aesthetics of Migration in an Age of Anxiety: Zineb Sedira, Allan deSouza, and Mary Evans."

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