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I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar Ibn Said's America - Couverture rigide

Lo, Mbaye; Ernst, Carl W.

 
9781469674667: I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar Ibn Said's America
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ISBN 10 : 1469674661 ISBN 13 : 9781469674667
Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2023

Synopsis

Omar ibn Said (1770-1863) was a Muslim scholar from West Africa who spent more than fifty years enslaved in the North Carolina household of James Owen, brother of Governor John Owen. In 1831 Omar composed a brief autobiography, the only known narrative written in Arabic by an enslaved person in North America, and he became famous for his Arabic writings. His enslavers also provided him with an Arabic Bible and claimed Omar as a convert to Christianity, prompting wonder and speculation among amateur scholars of Islam, white slave owners, and missionaries. But these self-proclaimed experts were unable or unwilling to understand Omar's writings, and his voice was suppressed for two centuries.

Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst here weave fresh and accurate translations of Omar's eighteen surviving writings, for the first time identifying his quotations from Islamic theological texts, correcting many distortions, and providing the fullest possible account of his life and significance. Placing Omar at the center of a broader network of the era's literary and religious thought, Lo and Ernst restore Omar's voice, his sophisticated engagement with Islamic and Christian theologies, his Arabic skills, and his extraordinary efforts to express himself and exert agency despite his enslavement.

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À propos des auteurs

Mbaye Lo is associate professor of the practice of Asian and Middle Eastern studies and international comparative studies at Duke University.

Carl W. Ernst is William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Éditeur
The University of North Carolina Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1469674661
ISBN 13 
9781469674667
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
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