| Contents | |
| Editorial | |
| Articles | |
| Hassan Ndzovu | The Prospects of Islamism in Kenya as Epitomized by Shaykh Aboud Rogo's Sermons |
| Antonio Morone | The Struggle for Somali Writing: Political Competition and Religious Confrontation on the Eve of National Independence |
| Ahmed Garba | Religious Preaching Boards in Northern Nigeria |
| Ester Masso Guijarro | Baye-Faal in Senegal, Baye-Faal in Lavapies, Baye-Faal in the Sacromonte Caves: Diasporic Transnationalism of a Sufi Heterodoxy |
| Focus: Muslim Communities in Southern Africa | |
| Muhammed Haron | Angola's Muslims: Between Ideals and Realities |
| Muhammed Haron | Gaborone's Muslims: A Community on the Move |
| Focus: Ottoman-South African Relations | |
| Halim Gencoglu | Abu Bakr Effendi: An Ottoman Scholar at the Cape of Good Hope, 1863 - 1880 |
| Xavier Luffin | Omer Lutfi's Umitburnu Seyahatnamesi: An Unprecedented Turkish Testimony about the Cape Muslims (1862 - 1866) |
| Focus: Manuscripts and Literature | |
| Michaelle Biddle | Conservation of Sub-Saharan African Manuscripts |
| Mohamed Diagayete | Ahmad Lobbo (1776 - 1845): His Works and Correspondence |
| Dorrit Van Dalen | Reading Muhammad al-Wali: a Scholar in the Context of his Daily and Intellectual Environment |
| Kadara Harith Swaleh | 'What does Philosophy Want?' A Kiswahili Poem by Shaykh Msallam of Lamu |
| Focus: Biographies | |
| Rayya Timammy | Shaykh Mahmoud Abdulkadir 'Mau' (b. 1950): A Reformist Preacher in Lamu |
| Andrea Brigaglia | Shaykh Ibrahim al-Riyahi (1767 - 1850): A Mufti and a Mystic in Husaynid Tunisia |
| Events | |
| Cathlene Dollar | The Arts and Crafts of Literacy: Manuscript Cultures in Muslim Sub-Saharan Africa An International Conference, 5-7 September, 2013 |
| Abubakar Sadiq Abdulkadir | Muslim Ulama in the Intellectual History of the Wider Lake Chad Region: An International Workshop, 16-20 November, 2014 |
| Book Reviews | |
| Laura Lori | Memories from Mogadishu: Two recent Works: A review of Far from Mogadishu |
| Jennifer Woodhull | Another "West African Sufi": Reading Rudiger Seesemann on Ibrahim Niasse and Louis Brenner on Cerno Bokar Taal |
| Ahmet Sait Akcay | Women are Nowhere: A review of For the Mercy of Water |
| Muhammed Haron | A Review of Melayu Cape di Afrika Selatan |