Education & Scholarship
Bala Saho
Historian of law, religion and society
A Gambian legacyBala Saho is a Gambian historian whose research examines religion, law, women and social change in West Africa. Born in Badibu Salikeñe, he worked in oral-history research before pursuing further studies. His scholarship includes Muslim courts in colonial Bathurst and the ways women used legal institutions to negotiate their rights.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Published Contours of Change in 2018.
02Contributed expertise on Mandinka Ajami literacy to Boston University research.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Boston University NEH Ajami biography02Boston University: conversation with Bala Saho
Photo: Boston University NEH Ajami biography · Image rights retained by source. Cropped or framed for display. Original photograph enlarged for display; source detail is limited. View original photograph.
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