Metaphysical Africa: Truth and Blackness in the Ansaru Allah Community

by Michael Muhammad Knight

Book Overview

The Ansaru Allah Community, also known as the Nubian Islamic Hebrews (AAC/NIH) and later the Nuwaubians, is a deeply significant and controversial African American Muslim movement. Founded in Brooklyn in the 1960s, it spread through the prolific production and dissemination of literature and lecture tapes and became famous for continuously reinventing its belief system. In this book, Michael Muhammad Knight studies the development of AAC/NIH discourse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271094516
• ISBN13: 9780271094519
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"