Lamin Sanneh,Leading Expert on Christianity and Islam in Africa,Remembered for “a scholarly life of immense value and significance”

Abstract

This news article and tribute reports on the life and death of Lamin Sanneh, who was known worldwide as the leading expert on Christianity and Islam in Africa. In the words of his friend and colleague Andrew F. Walls, Professor Sanneh was a “visionary, man of faith, scholar, teacher, writer, architect, motivator, networker, dear friend.”