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03067aam a22005058i 4500 001 46B980E461B211EE96A426B62DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231003010052 008 230130t20232023ncua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2023004206 020 $a 146967467X 020 $a 9781469674674 020 $a 1469674661 020 $a 9781469674667 035 $a (OCoLC)1371463857 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d CDX $d OCLCQ $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ara 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-nc $a n-us-nc 100 1 $a Lo, Mbaye, $e author. 245 10 $a I cannot write my life : $b Islam, Arabic, and slavery in Omar ibn Said's America / $c Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2023] 300 $a x, 218 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Islamic civilization and Muslim networks 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and indexes. 505 0 $a A land lost -- A life unread -- Sermons unheard -- A Muslim in church -- The treachery of the experts -- Appendix. Omar's Ê»AjamiÌ 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 546 $a Chiefly in English; includes some translation from the Arabic. 600 10 $a Said, Omar ibn, $d 1770?-1863. 600 17 $a Said, Omar ibn, $d 1770?-1863. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01845366 650 0 $a Muslim scholars $z Africa, West $v Biography. 650 0 $a Enslaved Muslims $z North Carolina $v Biography. 650 7 $a Muslim scholars. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01731774 651 7 $a North Carolina. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204304 651 7 $a West Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239521 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Ernst, Carl W., $d 1950- $e author. 700 12 $a Said, Omar ibn, $d 1770?-1863. $t Works. $k Selections. $l English. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781469674698 830 0 $a Islamic civilization & Muslim networks. 941 $a 1 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20231003012247.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=46B980E461B211EE96A426B62DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search