The African Contribution to Classical Arabic

Outside the Arab World, there is no other place besides Africa to turn to when it comes to preservation of classical Arabic language in grammar, poetry, prose, spoken, written, establishment of Arabic schools, and publishing of textbooks, from the days of Timbuktu, to the Sokoto Caliphate. Fortunately, this claim is not only true for the past but to the very present time of technological advancement. Arguably, in the the last 50 years, Sheikh Adam Abdullah Al Ilory is in the forefront of those African experts who not only mastered the language but produced thousands of Arabic language educators in Africa, who have today further spread the language to every corner of the world. In 1988, Sheikh Al Ilory was honored by AlAzhar University for his enigmatic contribution in all branches of Arabic language.