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Wendell Marsh, "Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities" (Columbia UP, 2025)

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Wendell's Path and Kamara's Manuscript Story

Wendell recounts his childhood, language training, meeting Sheikh Hassan Sissé, and introduces Sheikh Moussa Kamara's failed attempt to publish his West African history.

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