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manuscript from the Library of the Mahdist general Osman Digna late 19th century, Tamai, Sudan. -British Museum #randomxt

This tweet directly correlates with the 1967 U.S. Declassified Intelligence Memorandum titled "Nigeria: Communist Influence and Aid" (see the link below), in which the CIA unequivocally condemned Mallam Aminu Kano, Joseph Tarka, Femi Okunnu, Anthony Enahoro, and Obafemi Awolowo

treatise by the 18th-century West African mathematician Muhammad al-Kashnawi completed on 29th January of 1733. Cairo, Egypt. -SOAS, London. #randomxt

A trove of archival records provides support for the evidence showing how external interests in the Western Hemisphere (governments, think tanks, international NGOs) have actively worked to undermine Africa's "energy independence." These records are not conspiracy theories but

I often wish that those who have passed on had the chance to share their own stories. When I came across this manuscript praising Lugard, I guessed that perhaps the Emir of Bida, Muhammadu dan Umaru Majigi, and his cabinet signed this letter under duress. The January 1897

Long overdue! Shaykh Muhammad Nasiru kabara needs no introduction per scholarship in Bilad Sudan. Bayero University's Faculty of Arts and Islamic studies convenes an International conference on the life and contributions of the Shaykh! Kano Chronicle

The Missiological Origins of Islamism: Reference to the 1898 Campaign of Bishop Tugwell in the Niger In the March 2024 edition of "The Dive," a newsletter published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the IC DEIA featured an article that recommended a

Tomorrow, November 6th, at 12:00 pm EST, I will deliver a public lecture at Stanford University on Secular Polities and Sacred Rebellions: The Caliphate Debate, Divine Sovereignty, and the Challenge of Post-Imperial West African Nation-States. This lecture is based on my

I’ve just had the privilege of reading an advance copy of The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule by Dr Max Siollun, and I am thoroughly impressed by the depth of research and masterful storytelling that define this work. Siollun captures Nigeria’s pre-colonial history with

I hope that historians of modern Africa specializing in intelligence studies are paying close attention to the primary sources David Hundeyin has unearthed so far in his investigation. When paired with declassified archives and US congressional investigations, these traceable and

The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire and the German Reich ca. 1652-1918. africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-hidden-f…

You are all invited to the upcoming Timbuktu Talk by Professor Djim Drame (IFAN Senegal) tomorrow, December 10th, at 2:00 pm CST. The lecture is sponsored by the Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. You can join via Zoom or in-person.

While the legacy of the colonial period remains a heavy burden, the declassification of archival records is the ultimate tipping point that sealed the West's severely damaged reputation. Once you go to the archives to study, assemble, and retrieve records to make sense of the

When Shaykh Niase in his Rihla enjoined the girl child to "truggle": يا أيها البنات زاحمن إلى نيل العلى أما بأبدان فلا He did’nt stop there, he’d make sure he supported his daughters to aim for highest. Ruqayya Niase became a household name in studies of Islam in Africa. 1/5

Mr Fu'ad ❤️‍🔥 🧠🥊 and his team at archivi.ng have achieved exponential progress in digitizing old post-1960 newspapers. Please consider supporting and donating to this archival project and the fellowship program. Since 23 November 1859 when the CMS missionary Henry Townsend first

This tweet is a mirror image of the counsel Shaykh Ādam ʿAbd Allāh al-Ilūrī (d. 1992) gave Chief M.K.O Abiola in 1986 during the heat of the debate on sharīʿa courts in Southern Nigeria and work-free Fridays. Shaykh al-Ilūrī's counsel remains as relevant today as it was in 1986.

Last month, courtesy of Dr. Dr Max Siollun, I received an advanced copy of The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule, a 320-page book published by Pluto Press. With this publication, Dr. Siollun has accomplished the monumental feat of documenting Nigeria's history across all

Yesterday, I delivered a Brown Bag Lecture at the Center for African Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. The lecture titled "Knowledge Triumphant: The Transmission and Reception of Ashʿarī-Mālikī-Sufi Canons from the