Sultan of Sokoto

His Eminence Alhaji Muhammadu Sa'adu Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, was the featured speaker. Convened by Jacob Olupona, Professor of African Religious Traditions, Harvard Divinity School, with a joint appointment as Professor of African and African...

The Sultan of Sokoto is the religious leader of Nigeria’s Muslim community, which consists of approximately half of the country's nearly 160 million inhabitants, and of millions of Muslims in adjoining countries in West Africa. He serves Nigeria as...

A panel of experts convened at HDS for a discussion on Islam in central Africa in preparation for the visit the Sultan of Sokoto.

by Jonathan Beasley jbeasley@hds.harvard.edu 617.496.6004 His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, will make his first visit to Harvard University on October 2–3, 2011. He will deliver the Samuel L. and Elizabeth Jodidi...