The Intellectual History of West Africa

Ahmad Baba and Uthman Don Fodio are not widely known by Muslims who live in Africa. The political action of this Ulamah is enduring while the intellectual significance has been somehow forgotten, he says. Ahmad Baba's name might be known to a few people who associate him with this tradition of written erudition, but he's unknown. It's different from Uthman don Fodio because basically he founded the Caliphate of Saccotto.