From time to time, I've looked online for good info on Duse Muhammad Ali but it wasn't until recently that I found an article worth linking to: Early American Islam: “Duse Muhammad Ali” and the “Universal Islamic Society” from Hood's Islamic Law etc. blog. For those who do not know, Duse Muhammad Ali was an early Pan-African Muslim (Egyptian/ Sudanese background) who influenced and inspired Marcus Garvey. Personally, I think Duse Muhammad is interesting because he stands out as an influential Muslim of African-descent in the West during the period after slavery but before the Moorish Science movement.
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ReplyDelete"Black Crescent: The Experience and Legacy of African Muslims in the Americas" by Michael A. Gomez contains a short but interesting discussion of Duse Mohamed Ali on pages 259-260, and footnotes 110-112. Dr. Gomez cites the Ph.D dissertaion of Ian Duffield "Duse Mohammed Ali and the Development of Pan-Africanism, 1866-1945" (Edinburgh U., 1971) as the primary source for his discussion.
A new book is coming detailing Duse Ali life, by an author name Mustafa Abdelwahid. The title of the book is The Autobiography of
ReplyDeleteDusé Mohamed Ali, 1866-1945: A Pioneer of Pan-Africanism and Afro-Asian Solidarity Movements. By The Edwin Mellen Press
The Autobiography of Dusé Mohamed Ali, 1866-1945: A Pioneer of Pan-Africanism and Afro-Asian Solidarity Movements
ReplyDeleteAbdelwahid, Mustafa A.
http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=7839&pc=9
Here is the correct link for the new book about Duse Mohamed ALI
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