Film, Video Conversation on the Omar Ibn Said Collection

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Title

  • Conversation on the Omar Ibn Said Collection

Summary

  • Scholars discussed the autobiography of Omar Ibn Said, the only known autobiography by a slave written in Arabic in the United States. It is a historically unique and important primary source for those trying to understand the connections between the Muslim communities in Western Africa and the slaves who continued to practice Islamic faith after being captured during the Atlantic slave trade.

Event Date

  • February 05, 2019

Notes

  • -  Adam Rothman is professor of history at Georgetown University.
  • -  Sylviane A. Diouf is a visiting professor at Brown University.
  • -  Ala Alryyes is a visiting associate professor of English, Queens College, CUNY.
  • -  Mary Jane Deeb is chief of the African and Middle Eastern division at the Library of Congress.

Running Time

  • 4 hours 3 minutes 4 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Conversation on the Omar Ibn Said Collection. 2019. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8638/.

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(2019) Conversation on the Omar Ibn Said Collection. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8638/.

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Conversation on the Omar Ibn Said Collection. 2019. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8638/>.