West Africa Islam and the Arab world : studies in honor of Basil Davidson Introduction to West Africa North Africas links with Sub Saharan Africa Islam in West Africa Timbuktu : a famous West African city of Islam and Arabic writing The Islamic manuscript heritage of Timbuktu Arabic as the Latin of Africa Non Muslims and Muslims in the Arab world Arab views of Black Africans and slavery African Arab relations in the twentieth century Honor to Basil Davidson Appendix I: The Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) Appendix II: Sudanic Africa : a journal of historical sources Appendix III: Conservation of West African Arabic manuscripts Appendix IV: Published manuscripts