ISSN 2575-6990
Highlights: West African Salafism, South African Islam, West African Reform, West African Modernity.
EDITORIAL VOICE

Its Digital Platform and Reviews Segment
Written by: Muhammed Haron (Editor-in-Chief).


BOOK REVIEWS

Vahed, Goolam & Thembisa Waetjen. 2015. South Africa’s Orient Islamic Educational Institute and its integrated schooling system: A Review Essay
Reviewed by: Muhammed Haron, Professor, University of Botswana.


Chanfi, Ahmad. 2015. West African ʿulamāʾ and Salafism in Mecca and Medina: Jawāb al-Ifrῑqῑ – The Response of the African
Reviewed by: Mbaye Lo, Associate Professor of the Practice, Duke University.


Kobo, Ousman Murzik. 2012. Unveiling Modernity in Twentieth Century West African Islamic Reforms
Reviewed by: Yunus Dumbe, PhD (KNUST, Kumasi – Ghana).


Piot, Charles.. 2016. Doing Development in West Africa: A Reader by and for Undergraduates
Reviewed by: Serah Shani, Assistant Professor/ Westmont College.


Abu Aa-isha, M. Adil. 2013. The Imam of Simonstown and His Diary (1904-1928).
Reviewed by: Muhammed Haron, Professor, University of Botswana.


ARABIC BOOKS

Ahmad, Abdulmageed. 2017. (الاشراف التربوي و دوره في تطوير العملية التعليمية :(بالتطبيق على السودان
Reviewed by: Bamba Drame, Dar El Hadith El Hassaniya Institute, Rabat Morocco.


Al-BuSati, Walaa Sabir. 2016. أفارقة و عرب في ثورة زنجبار
Reviewed by: Mbaye Lo, Associate Professor of the Practice, Duke University.


DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Samba Gadjigo & Jason Silverman, directors. 2015. Sembene!
Reviewed by: Julie Solo, Independent Consultant in International Health.


Abderrahmane Sissako. 2014.  Timbuktu
Reviewed by: Amadou Fofana, Associate Professor, Willamette University.


REVIEW TEAM
Editor-In-Chief

Muhammed Haron, Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Botswana, Executive Member, Centre for Contemporary Islam, University of Cape Town, & Associate Research in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria (haronm@mopipi.ub.bw).

 Associate Editors

Wendy Wilson-Fall, Associate Professor and Chair, Africana Studies Program Oeschle Center for International Education, Lafayette College (wilsonfw@lafayette.edu).

Hassan Juma Ndzovu, PhD, Senior Lecturer of Religious Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Moi University, Kenya (hassan.ndzovu@gmail.com).

Yunus Dumbe, PhD, Religious Studies Department, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana, (ydumbe@gmail.com).

Badr Abdelfattah Badr, PhD, Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (badr_elkafy@edu.asu.edu.eg).

Bamba Drame, Dar El Hadith El Hassaniya Institute, Rabat Morocco, (ndrame.online@gmail.com).

Mbaye Lo, Associate Professor of the Practice, Duke University; (mbayelo@duke.edu).

Guest Associate Editor for this edition

Adam Adebayo Sirajudeen, PhD, Associate Professor of Arabic Studies, Department of Languages, Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State, Nigeria, (sirajudeenadebayoadam@gmail.com).

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