Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

1/1/1984 - 9/30/1987

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$290,000.00 (approved)
$231,000.00 (awarded)


Islam in Africa: The Changing Role of the 'Ulama

FAIN: RO-20605-84

Northwestern University (Evanston, IL 60208-0001)
John N. Paden (Project Director: February 1983 to October 1990)

To support collaborative research on the "learned people" ('ulama) of Muslim Society in western and central Africa, examining their literary output and social background from c. 1700 to the present.