A thought provoking lecture that traces the existence of monotheism in Africa from earliest times. Dr Quick follows the spread of Islam in the era of the last Prophet Muhammad sss to the present. What distinguishes this presentation from other Euro-Centric analysis is the innovative way of understanding Islam from its original sources and then looking at what happened to Muslims during human interaction. This approach is critical for young scholars of the African renaissance and those interested in truly understanding the Islamic phenomena on this continent. Dr Abdullah Hakim Quick has travelled to more than 46 countries on lecture, research and educational tours. He embraced Islam in 1970 and thereafter pursued his studies at the Islamic University of Madinah, where he completed a BA from the College of Da’wah and Usul-al-Din. Ge later read for his Masters degree and completed his PhD on the History of Islam in West Africa at the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr Abdullah Hakim has served as Imam, teacher and counselor in the USA, Canada and the West Indies. For three years he contributed to the religious page of Canada’s leading newspaper. He is presently an executive member of the Muslim Judicial Council, Cape Town, South Africa. Today’s world is in need of innovative rethinking based on original authentic sources. Dr Abdullah Hakim provides an example of this new, progressive thinking.