Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam, is a presentation and lecture series delivered by Mustafa Briggs that aims to explore and uncover the deep rooted relationship between Islam and Black History. From Black Prophets and prominent figures in the Qur’an, to the unknown black Sahaba and scholars of the early generations, the history of Islam in Africa, and the legacy of contemporary African Islamic scholarship and its role in the International Relations of the Muslim World.
The presentation is written and presented by Mustafa Briggs, a graduate of Arabic and International Relations from the University of Westminster, who’s dissertation focused on Arabic Literature and Literacy in West Africa. Mustafa started an MA in Translation at SOAS with a specialisation in Arabic and Islamic Texts, before going on to enroll and be accepted on the prestigious Rawaq Islamic Law and Arabic Studies programme at al-Azhar University. He has also been blessed to combine his formal studies with extensive travel across the Muslim world to benefit from traditional scholars in Mauritania, Morocco, Egypt, Senegal, Ghana, The Gambia and Nigeria.
Mustafa has previously delivered lectures, talks and panel sessions at Oxford University, King’s College London, UCL, The University of York and the University of Manchester as well as appearing Online and on International Television to discuss themes such as Islamic History and Blackness and Islam and is current working on forthcoming translations of Traditional West African Islamic Texts.
The Beyond Bilal Lecture series is an amalgamation of these previous lectures and presentations, which aims to serve as an introduction to this vast and practically unexplored section of Islamic History.
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