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The chapter provides an overview of the studies on Islam in Africa, highlighting some hurdles the field faced, the progress made, and the challenges still to be overcome, including the enduring linguistic paradox in the studies of Africa, the lack of investment in oral and literacy skills in African languages and scripts of specialists of Africa in contrast to those of France, America, China, and other non-African societies who are expected to develop advanced oral and literacy skills in the languages and scripts of the societies they study. The chapter also discusses the significance of African multilingual written archives and the role of digital technology in enhancing studies on Islam in Africa. It equally provides synopses of the contents of the chapters in the volume.
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Ngom, F., Kurfi, M.H., Falola, T. (2020). Introduction. In: Ngom, F., Kurfi, M.H., Falola, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45759-4_1
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