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Young, Gifted and Black by Theresa Perry5/17/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In a book I recently read, Young, Gifted, and Black, one of the authors, Theresa Perry, discusses the timeless value of Traditional Afro-American pedagogy. One major parallel I had noticed was the beautiful resemblance of the similarities between West African Islamic pedagogy and Traditional Afro-American pedagogy (one of the words I learned!), where both methods emphasized the elevation of spiritual status through obtaining knowledge. People from all over the world sojourn to these regions, and in many cases stay for the invaluable knowledge. He illustrates the systems of education, which could be anywhere from communal size to transnational. Ware undoubtedly exposes the brilliance of West African Islamic scholarship that was and still is entrenched in the region. Navigating historical events and figures, Dr. Bilal Ware eloquently takes us through the inception, cultivation, and fruition of Islam in West Africa, on a timeline as far back as the early 9th century to the present day. ![]()
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