Friday, April 1, 2022 at 3:30pm in 404 Grinter Hall
Saturday, April 2, 2022 from 8:45 am-2:00 pm in the UF International Center Large Conference Room (145 HUB)
In the context of the rapidly changing global geopolitics of the last few decades, new actors alongside European and North American actors have emerged that have helped to reshape existing orientations, alliances, and configurations on the African continent. Such external actors as China, Russia, Turkey, and the Gulf states are new or have become more important in Africa’s connections with the world. This symposium will explore such changing global interconnections with a particular focus on Muslim Africa. Global interconnections are of course not new for Africa’s Muslims, but such connections and orientations have shifted in an increasingly globalized world. The arrival of new state- and non-state actors is another important development, and the papers will provide new insights on how they are affecting Muslim Africa with cases from across the continent.
Participants:
| ▪ | Mohamad Mahmoud Mohamedou, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva |
| ▪ | Mara Leichtman, Michigan State University |
| ▪ | Jason Mosley, Oxford University |
| ▪ | Issouf Binaté, University of Florida |
| ▪ | Ibrahim Yahya Ibrahim, Internatonal Crisis Group |
Co-Sponsors: UF Center for African Studies, UF Global Islamic Studies, and UF Department of Religion