Objects of Desire: Shopping for Identity and the Meaning of Africa at the Harlem Market

Zain Abdullah holds a doctorate in cultural anthropology and is associate professor in the Religion Department at Temple University, where he is also associate faculty in the Department of Geography & Urban Studies. His recent book, Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem (Oxford University Press 2010), explores how West Africans navigate their presence in New York City by negotiating their black, African, and Muslim identities. www.zainabdullah.com