Four for effort. He is trying to start something new in the scholarship and his sources are often pretty weak. There is an awful lot of speculation in this book. Still, he worked with what he had an produced something substantial. One issue though... could he have said the word "foregoing" more? There are so many synonyms available that are in much more common usage in the English language!

Slow but some great perspective and lots to learn from the book.

An excellent review of Islam in the Americas, with great detail on Noble Ali and the predecessors of the Nation of Islam, as well as hard-to-find details on the cultural effect of Muslim slaves in the American South.

Really enjoyed this book, learn a great deal about the connection of black Muslims from West and North Africa to North America to South America. Deals with the issue objectively and discusses the implications slavery has had on the people from these regions.