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001			on1371463857
003			OCoLC
005			20230919124816.0
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020			_a9781469674667 _qhardcover
020			_a1469674661 _qhardcover
020			_a9781469674674 _qpaperback
020			_a146967467X _qpaperback
035			_a(OCoLC)1371463857
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092			_aSAID, O. _bL795
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100	1		_aLo, Mbaye, _eauthor. _4aut
245	1	0	_aI cannot write my life : _bIslam, Arabic, and slavery in Omar ibn Said's America / _cMbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst.
264		1	_aChapel Hill : _bThe University of North Carolina Press, _c[2023]
300			_ax, 218 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aIslamic civilization and Muslim networks
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aA land lost -- A life unread -- Sermons unheard -- A Muslim in church -- The treachery of the experts -- Appendix. Omar's ʻAjamī English: American Words and Names in Arabic Script.
520			_a"This work centers on the life and writing of Omar Ibn Said, born in 1770 in a border region between Senegal and Mauritania that played a significant role in Islamic nations. Omar studied for 25 years at an Islamic seminary and was poised to become a leader in the faith, but after being captured by an invading army, he fell into the hands of transatlantic slave traders. He was sold to a plantation owner near Charleston, South Carolina, in 1808. What we know of Omar's life comes largely from a series of brief autobiographical writings and transcriptions, comprising the only known narrative written in Arabic by an enslaved person in North America. In this book, Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst weave fresh and accurate translations of Omar's writing together with context and interpretation to provide the fullest possible account of this West African Islamic scholar's life and significance"-- _cProvided by publisher.
546			_aChiefly in English; includes some translation from the Arabic.
600	1	0	_aSaid, Omar ibn, _d1770?-1863.
650		0	_aMuslim scholars _zAfrica, West _vBiography.
650		0	_aEnslaved Muslims _zNorth Carolina _vBiography.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
700	1		_aErnst, Carl W., _d1950- _eauthor. _4aut _998221
700	1	2	_aSaid, Omar ibn, _d1770?-1863. _tWorks. _kSelections. _lEnglish.
830		0	_aIslamic civilization & Muslim networks. _998222
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