Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas

"This historical study is ground-breaking not only in its theme but also its approach, which can be described as pan-Africanist to the extent that it relates the histories of these deported Muslims to the political upheavals of medieval Africa...; forges links between the varied sites of their dispersal from the 16th to the 19th century...; and examines the issue of return to Africa and the lineage (or the absence thereof) of this first American Islam...[it] has a wealth of arguments that provoke reflection....Sylviane A. Diouf is the author of 'Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas', published 1998 under ISBN 9780814719046 and ISBN 081471904X.