Ousmane Oumar Kane
Biographic Data
| ID | 1189172 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ousmane Oumar Kane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ousmane Oumar |
| FAMILY NAME | Kane |
| SIGNATURE | KANE O O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From a Neglected to a Crowded Field-The Academic Study of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
An estimated five hundred million Muslims-close to a third of the global Muslim population and half of the African population-live on the African continent
Islamic Scholarship in Africa: New Directions and Global Contexts
Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa
Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconceptions about Africa’s Muslim heritage and its influence.
Immigration or Death
This chapter discusses the development consequences of Senegalese emigration in the homeland, including in the religious strongholds of Senegalese Sufi groups. It shows that migrating Senegalese of modest origins—called modou-modous—have acquired respectability as the result of the monies they have made in the West. Their success has contributed to an intensification of the desire among Senegalese in Senegal to migrate, which has, in recent years…
Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa
Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconceptions about Africa’s Muslim heritage and its influence.
Immigration or Death
This chapter discusses the development consequences of Senegalese emigration in the homeland, including in the religious strongholds of Senegalese Sufi groups. It shows that migrating Senegalese of modest origins—called modou-modous—have acquired respectability as the result of the monies they have made in the West. Their success has contributed to an intensification of the desire among Senegalese in Senegal to migrate, which has, in recent years…
Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa
Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconceptions about Africa’s Muslim heritage and its influence.
Islamic Scholarship in Africa: New Directions and Global Contexts
From a Neglected to a Crowded Field-The Academic Study of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
An estimated five hundred million Muslims-close to a third of the global Muslim population and half of the African population-live on the African continent
Archaeology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Education (2 works)