Journalshttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/27052024-03-29T13:29:22Z2024-03-29T13:29:22ZTurkey and Côte d’Ivoire Encounter: Dynamics, Actors, and Practices in the Field of IslamBinaté, I.http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/413342024-02-19T13:50:26Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTurkey and Côte d’Ivoire Encounter: Dynamics, Actors, and Practices in the Field of Islam
Binaté, I.
This text focuses on Turkey’s religious diplomacy in Côte d’Ivoire, a West African country where Islam has
experienced significant growth in recent decades. Through the prism of a Soft Power, this cooperation
opened Ivorian Islam – dominated by the Maliki and Salafi currents – to the religious tradition of Turkey. This
process was marked by the transfers of practices as well as of religious objects, materials for the construction
of mosques and support for socio-economic development initiatives. This study is mainly based on fieldwork
carried out in Côte d’Ivoire (Abidjan, Bouaké and Korhogo) and Turkey (Istanbul). In addition, a digital
ethnography conducted from social networks, in particular Facebook, was used.
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2023-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Question of Religious Authority: Ga Converts and Non-Indigenes in Muslim Identity Politics in Postcolonial AccraDumbe, Y.http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/413332024-02-19T13:46:54Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Question of Religious Authority: Ga Converts and Non-Indigenes in Muslim Identity Politics in Postcolonial Accra
Dumbe, Y.
This contribution to the working paper focuses on the religious conversion to Islam of some Ga ethnic
people, their role in the Islamic revival and their impact on founding Muslim communities in postcolonial
Accra. Ga converts have considered themselves as relevant to assuming religious authority positions in
Accra, which was already dominated by Muslims of migrant descent. The issues of representation and
integration have been a challenge for Muslims of diverse backgrounds in the Islamic sphere in Accra. The
study demonstrates that while the Ga converts have highlighted their unique background in secular
education as well as being the indigenes of Accra, the Muslims of migrant origin have questioned the place
of converts in religious proselytization.
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2023-01-01T00:00:00ZSociabilities and Religiosities in Urban SenegalSieveking, N.http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/413322024-02-19T10:39:49Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZSociabilities and Religiosities in Urban Senegal
Sieveking, N.
This article addresses the question of how social positioning and stratification influence religious diversity in
urban Senegal. The author approaches religious diversity from a sociological point of view, with a
methodological focus on intra-religious diversification. Based on contrastive case studies carried out in
Dakar, the article analyses how forms of sociability that are characteristic of a specific social milieu contribute
to distinctive religious identities and how people’s social embeddedness shapes their own religious self positioning. Linking Georg Simmel’s (1984) concept of sociability with the formations of individual
religiosities, the article provides an empirically grounded theoretical reflection on the interrelatedness of
religious diversity with social heterogeneity in urban West Africa.
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2023-01-01T00:00:00ZReligious Diversity through the Life Trajectories of Northern Migrants in Madina, AccraZaami, M.http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/413312024-02-19T10:36:22Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZReligious Diversity through the Life Trajectories of Northern Migrants in Madina, Accra
Zaami, M.
In this paper, I explore the interrelatedness of individual migration and religious conversion stories, both
temporal and permanent. Through two contrastive case studies, I analyze the role of migration in religious
diversity among Christians, Muslims, and practitioners of African Religious Traditions in Accra’s urban
settings. I illustrate how the life trajectories of Aisha and Solomon provide some critical and insightful
perspectives on how migration and urban settings intersect in shaping individual social actors’ lived religious
experiences in a multi-religious field and help them navigate between different familial and societal
demands, as well as how individuals’ upbringings can impact religious diversity.
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