John O. Hunwick (Northwestern University)

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John O. Hunwick
Professor
Department of History
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60201

Phones:  (847) 491-7412 
FAX:     (847) 467-1393
Email:   j-hunwick@nwu.edu

Islamic thought and scholarly writing in West Africa. Social and political
history of West African Muslim states before the 20th century (special
field: Songhay in the 15th-16th centuries). Slavery in Islamic societies
and the African slave experience in North Africa and the Middle East.
Sufism (Tijaniyya) in West Africa. Islamic law (especially the Fatwa)