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SUMMARY:Year of Global Africa:  Eye on Africa - Cheikh Babou, 
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 About the Speaker:\n
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 	Cheikh A. Babou holds a 
 Ph.D. in African History from Michigan State 
 University. He joined the faculty of the history 
 department of the University of Pennsylvania 
 in Philadelphia in 2002. Babou teaches African 
 history and the history of Islam in Africa. 
 His research focuses on mystical Islam 
 in West Africa and Senegal and on Senegalese 
 international migration. Professor Babou has 
 published extensively on the Muridiyya Muslim 
 order of Senegal. His book, "Fighting the Greater 
 Jihad: Amadu Bamba and the Founding of 
 the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913" was published 
 by Ohio University Press in 2007. A French 
 version was released by Karthala under the 
 title Le Jihad de l'âme: Amadou Bamba et la 
 foundation de la Mouridiyya (1853-1913) in 2011. 
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 Sponsor: African Studies Center\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://africa.isp.msu.edu\n
 Contact name: Ann Biersteker\n
 Contact phone: 517-884-2154\n
 Contact email: bierstek@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Rm 201 International Center
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