Africana Islamic Studies

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Africana Islamic Studies highlights the diverse contributions that African Americans have made to the formation of Islam in the United States. It specifically focuses on the Nation of Islam and its patriarch Elijah Muhammad with regards to the African American Islamic experience. Contributors explore topics such as gender, education, politics, and sociology from the African American perspective on Islam. This volume offers a unique view of the longstanding Islamic discourse in the United States and its impact on the American cultural landscape.

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In Africana Islamic Studies, editors James L. Conyers and Abul Pitre have assembled a knowledgeable coterie of scholars on a diversity of issues pertinent to understanding Islam, both its domestic and global implications. I was reminded of Steven Barbozas American Jihad, and Africana Islamic Studies brings additional depth to the subject and expands the religions historical importance via Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz). -- Herb Boyd, co-editor with Ilyasah Shabazz of The Diary of Malcolm X

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James L. Conyers, Jr., is professor and director of the African American Studies Program and director of the Center of African American Culture at the University of Houston. Abul Pitre is professor and department head of Educational Leadership and Counseling at Prairie View A&M University.