Assan Sarr is an associate professor in the Department of History in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and director of Center for African Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

“This richly researched and highly original study convincingly demonstrates how, in the early 20th century, Umarian Tijani clerics harnessed ethnic connections, Sufi networks, and mobility to expand the reach of Islam among the Fulani-speaking people that straddle the borders of Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and The Gambia. This book is an extremely valuable addition to the historical literature on the Islamization of Senegambia.”—Cheikh Anta Babou is the author of Fighting the Greater Jihad (Ohio University Press, 2007) and the Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration and Place Making (Ohio University Press, 2021).

Assan Sarr is an associate professor in the Department of History in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and director of Center for African Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

“This richly researched and highly original study convincingly demonstrates how, in the early 20th century, Umarian Tijani clerics harnessed ethnic connections, Sufi networks, and mobility to expand the reach of Islam among the Fulani-speaking people that straddle the borders of Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and The Gambia. This book is an extremely valuable addition to the historical literature on the Islamization of Senegambia.”—Cheikh Anta Babou is the author of Fighting the Greater Jihad (Ohio University Press, 2007) and the Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration and Place Making (Ohio University Press, 2021).

Assan Sarr is an associate professor in the Department of History in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and director of Center for African Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

“This richly researched and highly original study convincingly demonstrates how, in the early 20th century, Umarian Tijani clerics harnessed ethnic connections, Sufi networks, and mobility to expand the reach of Islam among the Fulani-speaking people that straddle the borders of Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and The Gambia. This book is an extremely valuable addition to the historical literature on the Islamization of Senegambia.”—Cheikh Anta Babou is the author of Fighting the Greater Jihad (Ohio University Press, 2007) and the Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration and Place Making (Ohio University Press, 2021).