Wendell H. Marsh on Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities

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Conversations in Atlantic Theory

Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy

101 episodes

20 hours ago

These conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging from European critical theory to the black Atlantic to sites of indigenous resistance and self-articulation, as well as the complex geography of thinking between traditions, inside traditions, and from positions of insurgency, critique, and counternarrative.

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Wendell H. Marsh on Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities

Conversations in Atlantic Theory

1 hour 27 minutes

3 weeks ago

Wendell H. Marsh on Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities

Dr. Wendell Marsh is an Associate Professor of African Literature and Philosophy at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique in Morocco. His work bridges Global Black Studies, African Studies, and Islamic Studies, with a focus on how African and diasporic intellectual traditions and expressive cultures reshape our understanding of knowledge, religion, and the humanities.

In today’s conversation, we discuss his latest monograph, Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities, (Columbia University Press, 2025), where he recasts the role of knowledge in the making of a colonial and postcolonial nation. It makes a case for a new literary and intellectual-historical approach to Islam in Africa.