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An Interview on Uthman dan Fodio

“Uthman Ibn Fodio is probably the most influential Islamic scholar in the history of Islam in west Africa…”, stated Sheikh Abdullah Hakim Quick who has recently acquired a PhD in – Aspects of Islamic Social Intellectual History in 18th century Hausaland: Uthman Ibn Fodio. This is the end of a nine year educational journey, which began with a Masters and gradually moved on to a PhD degree from the History Department of the University of Toronto, St. George Campus.