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Episode Synopsis "Episode 3: Muṣṭafā' Okon-Briggs"
In the Name of Allah; the Merciful, the Mercy-Giving:In this episode of FloodPlains, host Ryan Yusuf Hilliard sits down with UK-based lecturer and budding scholar Mustafa Okon-Briggs to talk about his personal relationship with the Islamic heritage of West Africa, the people he calls role models and the archetype of manhood in the 21st century.Mustafa Okon-Briggs, a graduate of Arabic & International Relations from the University of Westminster whose dissertation focused on Arabic Literature and Literacy in West Africa. He is currently pursuing an MA in Translation at SOAS with a specialization in Arabic and Islamic Texts, and simultaneously studying Islamic Studies & Arabic Language at al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. He rose to international acclaim for his Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam lecture series which saw him explore & uncover the deep rooted relationship between Islam and Black History, and is now touring the US and Canada with his latest lecture series Before Malcolm X: The History of Islam in the Americas.
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