A Vital Matters Voice: Mustafa Okon-Briggs
Mustafa
Okon-Briggs
Author and Scholar of West Africa
BIOGRAPHY
Mustafa Okon-Briggs rose to international acclaim for his “Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam” lecture series presented at over 30 universities across three continents, including at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and Yale. In this series, he has explored the deep-rooted relationship between Islam and Black History the legacy of contemporary African Islamic scholarship and its role in the international relations in the Muslim world and the vital role female scholarship plays in the West African Islamic tradition. Okon-Briggs has been featured in international media, such as AlJazeera and Islam Channel.
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