University of Agadez to be renamed in tribute to Jibril Oumar
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Aïr Info
Niger’s Council of Ministers has adopted a draft decree to rename the University of Agadez Jibril Oumar University of Agadez. The new name would honour Cheikh Jibril Ibn Oumar, an 18th-century Sufi scholar and jurist from Agadez, reports Aïr Info.
The University of Agadez, in Niger, is to be renamed Jibril Oumar University of Agadez, according to a draft decree adopted on Friday 9 October by the Council of Ministers. The institution, previously known by the acronym UAZ, would take the acronym UJO in tribute to Sheikh Jibril Ibn Oumar, a Sufi scholar, jurist and spiritual master from Agadez.
Sheikh Jibril Ibn Oumar, who lived in the 18th century, is described as the mentor of Ousmane Dan Fodio, Abdullahi Dan Fodio and Mohamed Bello, three figures in West African history. He is said to have died around 1790 in Madaoua. The new name aims to make his intellectual and religious legacy better known.
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