Research Interests for Mbaye B. Lo

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), oral proficiency-based language teaching and testing. http://www.youtube.com/user/DukeAMES. His areas of research include the sociology of Islam & theories of civil society. He also has a strong interest in the development of Arabic language and literature in Africa. Associate Editor of Dirasaat Ifrikiyyah Journal. Khartoum: International University of Africa.

Recent Publications

1. M.B. Lo, Amrika: al-Islam wa al-Sudan: Qiraat fi Ghayahib al-Fikr al-Siyasi al-Hadith. (July, 2011), Cairo: Arab and African Research Center & Khartoum: Center for the Studies of Islam and Contemporary Muslim World, Cairo: http://www.aarcegypt.org/ Khartoum: http://csicw.org/ (Book’s English Title: America, Islam and Sudan: Readings in the Darkness of Modern Political Thought..) [abs]
2. M.B. Lo, Civil Society-Based Governance in Africa: Theories and Practices: ( A Case Study of Senegal) (September, 2010), pp. 217, Society Studies Center, ISBN 978-99942-968-3-5 (info@societystudies.org.) [abs]
3. with Aman Nadhiri, Contextualizing "Muridiyyah" within the American muslim community: Perspectives on the past, present and future, African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, vol. 4(6) (June, 2010), pp. 231–240 [abs]
4. Understanding the Muslim Discourse: Language, Tradition and the Message of Ben Laden (2009), University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland
5. The African University: the Mission and the Message, Presented at International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa Hall (4, 2009)