{"id":11234,"date":"2011-03-28T01:14:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T01:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/libtest\/2011\/03\/28\/west_african_mu\/"},"modified":"2013-11-07T21:12:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T21:12:05","slug":"west_african_mu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/2011\/03\/28\/west_african_mu\/","title":{"rendered":"West African Muslims of Harlem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zain Abdullah is a professor of Religion at Temple University who recently published Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem<\/a><\/strong>(Oxford University Press, 2010). It is an ethnographic study of francophone Africans from Guinea, Senegal, and Cote d’Ivoire who have made a home in Harlem, radically transforming this section of New York City. On Monday, February 28, 2011 he stopped by my office to discuss his new book.<\/p>\n

The Interview is in two parts.<\/p>\n

Black Mecca Interview with Zain Abdullah, Part 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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iTunes U link<\/strong><\/a> (for downloads)<\/p>\n

Black Mecca Interview with Zain Abdullah, Part 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

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iTunes U link<\/strong><\/a> (for downloads)<\/p>\n

Subscribe to this podcast series<\/a><\/p>\n

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—Fred Rowland<\/a><\/p>\n

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