<a href="http://anthropology.msu.edu/faculty/leichtman.shtml" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://anthropology.msu.edu']);" target="_blank"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-311" title="leichtman_m1" src="http://afripod.aodl.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/leichtman_m1.jpg" alt="leichtman_m1" width="126" height="132" />Anthropologist Mara Leichtman (MSU) </a>on religion, migration, and politics. Leichtman unveils her new book  <a href="http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=299503" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.palgrave.com']);" target="_blank"><em>New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal</em> </a>(co-edited with <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/07/09/diouf.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.columbia.edu']);" target="_blank">Mamadou Diouf</a>). She then discusses transnational Shia Islam in Dakar among Lebanese migrants and Senegalese converts, and in London at the <a href="http://www.al-khoei.org/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.al-khoei.org']);" target="_blank">Al-Khoei Foundation</a>.  A fine example of why we cannot properly analyze globalization without including Africa.

Anthropologist Mara Leichtman (MSU) on religion, migration, and politics. Leichtman unveils her new book New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal (co-edited with Mamadou Diouf). She then discusses transnational Shia Islam in Dakar among Lebanese migrants and Senegalese converts, and in London at the Al-Khoei Foundation. A fine example of why we cannot properly analyze globalization without including Africa.

<a href="http://anthropology.msu.edu/faculty/leichtman.shtml" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anthropologist Mara Leichtman (MSU) </a>on religion, migration, and politics. Leichtman unveils her new book  <a href="http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=299503" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal</em> </a>(co-edited with <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/07/09/diouf.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mamadou Diouf</a>). She then discusses transnational Shia Islam in Dakar among Lebanese migrants and Senegalese converts, and in London at the <a href="http://www.al-khoei.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Al-Khoei Foundation</a>.  A fine example of why we cannot properly analyze globalization without including Africa.

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