How My African Ancestors LOST ISLAM and Came Back! Ustadh Mustafa Briggs

From the coasts of Senegal to the streets of London, Shaykh Mustafa Briggs shares a journey that weaves together ancestry, faith, and identity. Raised in a Christian household by his Gambian grandmother, he later discovered Islam through the deep spiritual traditions of West Africa — where faith is lived, not performed.

In this powerful episode of the OnePath Network Podcast, Mustafa unpacks the legacy of African scholarship, the story of Islam’s spread through trade and teaching — not conquest — and the personal transformation that led him back to his spiritual roots. A conversation on heritage, history, and the living light of Islam across generations.

00:00 | Intro
03:30 | Family Background
13:31 | Growing Up African in Britain
19:18 | Christian Upbringing & Path to Islam
22:48 | Role of Mashayikh in Senegal
26:26 | How Islam spread in West Africa
29:20 | Lessons from teachers in West Africa
36:18 | West Africa pre colonialism
38:14 | Love of the Prophet in West Africa
40:47 | Reconciling African identity with Islam
46:30 | Meeting Shaykh Muhammad Hasan ould al-Khadim
54:40 | “Beyond Bilal” criticism & why the work matters
05:14 | Black Prophets and Companions
14:10 | Words in the Quran from African Languages
17:05 | Early Black scholars after the Sahaba
21:05 | Notable contributions of African scholars
28:16 | Characteristics of African people
31:07 | Work of Allama Iqbal in a Post-colonial lens
38:44 | The concept of Khudi
41:00 | Collaboration across Muslim worlds
43:46 | Why he wrote "Beyond Bilal"
55:04 | Closing reflections

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