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Record Nr.

UNINA9910838222103321

Autore

Babou Cheikh Anta

Titolo

The Muridiyya on the Move : Islam, Migration, and Place Making

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, OH : , : Ohio University Press, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

0-8214-4729-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 pages)

Collana

New African Histories

Disciplina

297.4/8

Soggetti

Murīdīyah

Islamic sects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Note on Orthography -- Introduction -- 1: The Muridiyya in the Cities of Senegal -- 2: Birth of a Diaspora -- 3: Gabon -- Gallery 1 -- 4: The Muridiyya in France -- 5: Making Murid Space in Paris -- Gallery 2 -- 6: Unlikely Migration -- 7: Making Room for the Muridiyya in New York City -- Gallery 3 -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Representations of diasporic Murid disciples often depict them as passive recipients of change wrought by powerful clerics left behind in Senegal. In this study, Cheikh Anta Babou examines the construction of their transnational collective identity and its influence on cultural practices, identities, and aspirations.