Contemporary Islam Considered brings high-level analysis to issues affecting the Muslim-majority world, in conversation with some of the world’s leading experts in their fields. This new MRB Radio program is hosted by Sarah Eltantawi, Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion and Islamic Studies at Evergreen State College.

In the first installment of Contemporary Islam Considered, we discuss this weekend’s Nigerian elections (Saturday, March 28) with renowned scholar of African studies, Jacob Olupona. He is Professor of African Religious Traditions at Harvard Divinity School, with a joint appointment as Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Harvard University.