2024-03-28T09:02:35Zhttps://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/oai2oai:scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl:item_32045872021-11-03T14:53:47Zhdl_1887_63609hdl_1887_4539hdl_1887_26883hdl_1887_22737open_access
Apard, E.
Transnational Islam: circulation of religious ideas, actors and practices between Niger and Nigeria
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Niger
Nigeria
Islam
At the crossroads of major trade routes and characterised by intense human circulations, the area that encompasses
northern Nigeria and southern Niger is a privileged space to study transnational religious dynamics. Islam is, indeed, an
essential feature of this region assuming today new forms in terms of discourses, practices, and modes
of dissemination. In order to capture their changing complexity and diversity, regional Islamic dynamics
need to be observed from both sides of the Niger-Nigeria border, where religious patterns echo each
other but also obey different socio-political injunctions. While studying the processes of religious
renewal and mutation, it is necessary to pay attention to the varied forms these processes take, to their
direct and indirect effects and to the channels of transmission used.
An interdisciplinary team of seven researchers from Niger, Nigeria, France and the United Kingdom
was set up to conduct this transnational study; all authors carried out ethnographic fieldwork in both
countries while constantly exchanging, comparing and discussing their respective findings with each
other. Thus, this book provides first-hand material collected in the field, that contributes to enrich the
reflexion on contemporary transformation dynamics in the Islamic landscapes of Niger and Nigeria, but
also reflects the relevance of a transnational and comparative approach of these phenomena. Finally, it
showcases the collaborative work of African and European scholars from Francophone and Anglophone
countries - a type of scientific partnership unprecedented in this field.
2020African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL)
isbn: 9789054481843
https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3204587
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