Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas fons vitae His fame rest

His fame rest

might we begin to renew our trust in both words and things

This elementary guidebook presents a short historical survey of the people

Gathered here are many of Plato's liveliest and richest texts

author of the bestselling Palestine on a Plate

Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas fons vitae His fame restServants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. She details how, even while enslaved, many Muslims managed to follow most