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, bro
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Professor Mbaye Lo on restoring Omar ibn Said's voice
Mbaye Lo I Cannot Write My Life by Mbaye Lo, Paperback, Indigo Chapters
I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar ibn Said's America by Mbaye Lo
I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar Ibn Said's America – Middle East Monitor
Islam and slavery in America: MEMO in Conversation with Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst – Middle East Monitor
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Shakib Arsalan's Why Muslims Lagged Behind and Others Progressed by Nadeem M. Qureshi - Ebook
Mbaye Lo I Cannot Write My Life by Mbaye Lo, Paperback, Indigo Chapters
One on One: Slave and Scholar