Religious Diversity through the Life Trajectories of Northern Migrants in Madina, Accra
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2023
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Merian Institute for Advances Studies in Africa (MIASA)
Abstract
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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religious diversity, northern migrants, Madina, Accra, Ghana