Akbar Muhammad

Akbar Muhammad (1939 – April 12, 2016)[1] was an associate Professor Emeritus of history and Africana studies at Binghamton University in New York. He specialized in African history, West African social history, as well as the study of Islam in Africa and the Americas. He was the co-editor of Racism, Sexism, and the World-System, along with Joan Smith, Jane Collins, and Terrence K. Hopkins. His own writings focused on slavery in Muslim Africa, Muslims in the United States, and integration in Nigeria through the use of education.[2] He held a notable role in the history of the Nation of Islam.[vague][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Academic Scholar Dr. Akbar Muhammad Passes Away; Leaves Behind Historic Muslim Legacy". www.muslimnewsmagazine.tv. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  2. ^ Muhammad, Akbar. "Frontline". Public Broadcasting Service (Interview). Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  3. ^ Curtis, Edward E. (2006). Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975. UNC Press Books. p. 241. ISBN 0-8078-5771-8.
  4. ^ Roof, Wade Clark (2000). Contemporary American Religion. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 861. ISBN 0-02-864926-5.
  5. ^ DeCaro, Louis A. (1997). On the Side of My People: A Religious Life of Malcolm X. NYU Press. p. 363. ISBN 0-8147-1891-4.