The Path of the Prophet May Lead Abroad: Sudan's Republican Brotherhood Finds Main Street 

This talk emerges from growing interest in the historical and contemporary phenomenon of African Muslim social organizations  sending their members abroad and particularly to the United States.  I have interviewed more than 100 members of the Republican Brotherhood, a progressive social movement in Sudan whose leader was executed in the 1980s, about their interest in sustaining the movement in their leader’s absence. Many members are now living in the US and trying to raise their Muslim families here and keep the spirit of their community alive.