The Arabic Script in Africa
The Arabic script’s flexible and adaptive nature has made it a significant contributor to Africa’s rich and vibrant socio-linguistic landscape. This has been noted by major scholars in the field, among them John Hunwick (director-general, Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa, Northw...
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oai:doaj.org-article:7c3f7b035be7403cb23edb1edde2a9302021-12-02T17:49:36ZThe Arabic Script in Africa10.35632/ajis.v27i2.13442690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/7c3f7b035be7403cb23edb1edde2a9302010-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1344https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 The Arabic script’s flexible and adaptive nature has made it a significant contributor to Africa’s rich and vibrant socio-linguistic landscape. This has been noted by major scholars in the field, among them John Hunwick (director-general, Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa, Northwestern University, USA) and Helmi Sharawi (Centre for Arabo- African Studies, Egypt). Meikal Mumin, a young German-Somali scholar who completed his M.A. at the University of Cologne’s Institute for African Studies on the use of the Arabic script in Africa, solicited funds from the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, as well as the necessary moral support from the above-mentioned institute, to host a workshop on this topic. Entitled “Arabic Script in Africa,” it was held at the University of Koln’s Institute for African Studies during 6-7 April 2010. Mumin regarded this event as the first of its kind on German soil to dealt with the “linguistic aspects of the usage and diffusion of the Arabic script in Africa for the writing of African languages, a phenomenon also known as Ajami.” The assembled scholars investigated, among other concerns, linguistic, sociolinguistic, and historical processes as well as applied language policy for certain African languages ... Muhammed HaronInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 27, Iss 2 (2010) |
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The Arabic script’s flexible and adaptive nature has made it a significant
contributor to Africa’s rich and vibrant socio-linguistic landscape. This has
been noted by major scholars in the field, among them John Hunwick
(director-general, Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa,
Northwestern University, USA) and Helmi Sharawi (Centre for Arabo-
African Studies, Egypt). Meikal Mumin, a young German-Somali scholar
who completed his M.A. at the University of Cologne’s Institute for African
Studies on the use of the Arabic script in Africa, solicited funds from the
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, as well as the necessary moral support from the
above-mentioned institute, to host a workshop on this topic. Entitled “Arabic
Script in Africa,” it was held at the University of Koln’s Institute for African
Studies during 6-7 April 2010. Mumin regarded this event as the first of its
kind on German soil to dealt with the “linguistic aspects of the usage and diffusion
of the Arabic script in Africa for the writing of African languages, a
phenomenon also known as Ajami.” The assembled scholars investigated,
among other concerns, linguistic, sociolinguistic, and historical processes as
well as applied language policy for certain African languages ...
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