Our esteemed colleague and friend, Dr Farouk Topan was honoured this week at the BARAZA conference, focusing on Swahili studies, SOAS.
Friends, colleagues and former students gathered together to contribute to the day and share their work and experiences. Dr Topan is a prominent Swahili scholar and writer who pioneered the study and teaching of Swahili literature in Kiswahili at the University of Dar-es-Salaam and the University of Nairobi. He has published widely on various aspects of Swahili literature, religion, spirit possession and identity in East Africa
Dr Topan taught at SOAS and was one of the founder editors of the departmental Journal of African Cultural Studies (JACS). He has also been teaching at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.
Our esteemed colleague and friend, Dr Farouk Topan was honoured this week at the BARAZA conference, focusing on Swahili studies, SOAS.
Friends, colleagues and former students gathered together to contribute to the day and share their work and experiences. Dr Topan is a prominent Swahili scholar and writer who pioneered the study and teaching of Swahili literature in Kiswahili at the University of Dar-es-Salaam and the University of Nairobi. He has published widely on various aspects of Swahili literature, religion, spirit possession and identity in East Africa
Dr Topan taught at SOAS and was one of the founder editors of the departmental Journal of African Cultural Studies (JACS). He has also been teaching at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.