In a message dated 11/13/99 6:47:27 AM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: From: [log in to unmask] In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Forgotten Roots: The Early History of Africans and Islam in the Americas A lecture program sponsored by the Badr Foundation, the New Brunswick Islamic Center (Masjid al Huda) and the Islamic Society of Rutgers University with Sulayman Nyang--Professor of African Studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Sylviane Diouf--a writer specializing in the culture and history of people of African descent in the Americas, author of the book: Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas. Hamza Yusuf--one of the most noteworthy scholars of Islam in the West. He completed most of his Islamic studies in the African nation of Mauritania Allan Austin-- retied professor of English and Afro American studies at Springfield College in Springfield, MA. Author of African Muslims in Antebellum America: A Sourcebook, and African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles Plus: a special exhibit--original Arabic manuscripts written by African Muslims while they were enslaved in the Americas Friday December 3, 1999---7:00 pm at the Auditorium at the Allison Road Classroom building---Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ Tickets are $15 and are available at selected locations or by mail Please: we ask that you do not bring children--everyone admitted must have a ticket. Space is limited---get your tickets asap insha'allah. for more information email: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] phone/fax: (732) 418-0427 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------