Research Interests for Mbaye Lo

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), oral proficiency-based language teaching and testing. Areas of research include the sociology of Islam, Islamic militancy & theories of civil society, the development of Arabic language and culture in Africa.

Keywords:

Authority, Cyberspace, Islam, Middle East

Areas of Interest:

the sociology of Islam, Islamic militancy & theories of civil society, the development of Arabic language

Recent Publications   (search)

1. Lo, M, Remembering Suḥaym: The Tragic Fate of Arabia's First African-Born Poet, Research Africa Reviews, vol. 9 no. 1 (April, 2025), pp. 1-18, Research Africa Reviews [abs]
2. Kamara, M; Lo, M; Robinson, D, Sheikh Moussa Kamara’s Islamic Critique of Jihadists (January, 2023), pp. 1-141, ISBN 9781666933864 [abs]
3. Lo, M; Ernst, CW, I Cannot Write My Life Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar Ibn Said's America (2023), ISBN 9781469674674 [abs]
4. Black Africans in Arabic Sources: A Critical Assessment of Method and Rhetoric, in The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa (September, 2020), Springer Nature, ISBN 9783030457594 [abs]
5. Lo, M; Ernst, CW, The 1850’s Photographic Portrait of Omar Ibn Said: The Eloquence of Resilience, Muslim World, vol. 110 no. 3 (July, 2020), pp. 428-450 [doi]