WARA proudly announces this year’s recipient of the Herskovits Prize, Dr. Fallou Ngom, Director of Boston University’s African Studies Center and WARA member
WARA is proud of the accomplishments Dr. Fallou Ngom has made in his efforts to increase research on Ajami, the Arabic script that is adopted to many African languages as a form of written communication over many centuries. His latest book, Muslims beyond the Arab World: The Odyssey of Ajami and the Muridiyya (Oxford University Press, 2016), has been named the most important scholarly work in African studies at this year’s African Studies Association 60th Annual Conference held at the Chicago Marriott Downtown in Chicago, Il. It is this work in particular that had Ngom named the awardee of the prestigious Melville J. Herskovits Prize.
Check out this article from BU about Ngom’s accomplishments here.
Veuillez en lire plus sur les accomplissements de professeur Ngom dans cette article du Soleil, écrit par Pr Ousmane Sene, ici.
Tastes of West Africa
Do not miss this amazing event,
A culinary stay in Senegal with the brilliant Chef Pierre Thiam
January 31- February 11, 2018.
Hosted by the West African Research Association
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