Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa by Ousmane Oumar Kane Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa by Ousmane Oumar Kane PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconceptions about Africa’s Muslim heritage and its influence. From reader reviews: Richard Vazquez: Many people spending their time by playing outside using friends, fun activity with family or just watching TV the whole day. You can have new activity to shell out your whole day by studying a book. Ugh, do you think reading a book can actually hard because you have to take the book everywhere? It ok you can have the e-book, getting everywhere you want in your Cell phone. Like Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual Histor