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Antitrust and Developing and Emerging Economies
Location: Vanderbilt Hall 40 Washington Square South, New York CityThis year's Conference puts a particular spotlight on Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - the BRICS countries.
ALUFA RUFINO, A MAN OF FAITH AND SORCERY ON THE PERIPHERY OF ISLAM
CLACS and the History Department at NYU will be hosting a presentation by Brazilian historian João José Reis titled “Alufa Rufino, A Man of Faith and Sorcery on the Periphery of Islam.” Brazil, and particularly Bahia, was arguably the destination of most African Muslims deported from West Africa to the Americas on board slave ships […]
“Alufa Rufino, A Man of Faith and Sorcery on the Periphery of Islam.”
Location: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square S, New YorkJoão Reis, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil Brazil, and particularly Bahia, was arguably the destination of most African Muslims deported from West Africa to the Americas on board slave ships during the first half of the nineteenth century. They were mainly Hausas, Nupes, and Yorubas who, once in Brazil, were involved in several slave revolts. […]