Ousman Kobo
Biographic Data
| ID | 3963115 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ousman Kobo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ousman |
| FAMILY NAME | Kobo |
| SIGNATURE | KOBO O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
William A. Brown and the Assessment of a Scholarly Life
It is something of an unusual task to put together a reflection on and assessment of a scholar whose formal academic publications totaled seventeen pages across an article, two research notes, a manuscript handlist, and a book review. 1 The career of Dr. William Allen Brown (1934-2007) illustrates, among other things, the limits of defining intellectual impact by the number of publications, or even PhD students trained or undergraduates taught.Wh…
The Impact of Informal Mentorship: A Tribute to Professor William Brown
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Sufism, Mahdism and Nationalism. Limamou Laye and the Layennes of Senegal By Douglas H. Thomas
On May 24 1883, Libasse Chaw, a non-literate Muslim from the Lebu ethnic group in Senegal, proclaimed himself a reincarnation of the Prophet, who had returned in black skin as the Mahdi. ‘The Prophet Muhammad who slept is now awaken. The Arab has become black’ (p. 104), he proclaimed. Belief in the appearance of the Mahdi, the guided one, who would return toward the end of time to restore justice to the world before the end of time, is widespread…
Unveiling Modernity in Twentieth-Century West African Islamic Reforms
In this book Ousman Kobo analyzes the origins of Wahhabi-inclined reform movements in two West African countries. Commonly associated with recent Middle Eastern influences, reform movements in Ghana and Burkina Faso actually began during the twilight of European colonial rule in the 1950s and developed from local doctrinal contests over Islamic orthodoxy. These early movements in turn gradually evolved in ways sympathetic to Wahhabi ideas. Kobo a…
We are citizens too: The politics of citizenship in independent Ghana
This paper examines Ghana's struggle to create a pluralistic nationality that guarantees universal rights to all citizens, including people of foreign origin. A major recipient of colonial labour migrants who considered themselves citizens of Ghana at the time of independence, Ghana provides an excellent case study for exploring the ambiguities and malleability of post-colonial citizenship. Analysing the various ways in which Ghanaian politicians…
The Development of Wahhabi Reforms in Ghana and Burkina Faso, 1960-1990: Elective Affinities between Western-Educated Muslims and Islamic Scholars
This essay examines the relationship between Western notions of modernity and Wahhabi-inclined Islamic reform in Ghana and Burkina Faso (Upper Volta until 1984) during the early decades of independence. I will highlight ways in which Western/secular education facilitated the early diffusion of this genre of reform. Over the past decade or so, historians have explored the extent to which the appeal of the Wahhabi movement in urban West Africa, tow…
We are citizens too: The politics of citizenship in independent Ghana
This paper examines Ghana's struggle to create a pluralistic nationality that guarantees universal rights to all citizens, including people of foreign origin. A major recipient of colonial labour migrants who considered themselves citizens of Ghana at the time of independence, Ghana provides an excellent case study for exploring the ambiguities and malleability of post-colonial citizenship. Analysing the various ways in which Ghanaian politicians…
The Development of Wahhabi Reforms in Ghana and Burkina Faso, 1960-1990: Elective Affinities between Western-Educated Muslims and Islamic Scholars
This essay examines the relationship between Western notions of modernity and Wahhabi-inclined Islamic reform in Ghana and Burkina Faso (Upper Volta until 1984) during the early decades of independence. I will highlight ways in which Western/secular education facilitated the early diffusion of this genre of reform. Over the past decade or so, historians have explored the extent to which the appeal of the Wahhabi movement in urban West Africa, tow…
The Development of Wahhabi Reforms in Ghana and Burkina Faso, 1960-1990: Elective Affinities between Western-Educated Muslims and Islamic Scholars
This essay examines the relationship between Western notions of modernity and Wahhabi-inclined Islamic reform in Ghana and Burkina Faso (Upper Volta until 1984) during the early decades of independence. I will highlight ways in which Western/secular education facilitated the early diffusion of this genre of reform. Over the past decade or so, historians have explored the extent to which the appeal of the Wahhabi movement in urban West Africa, tow…
We are citizens too: The politics of citizenship in independent Ghana
This paper examines Ghana's struggle to create a pluralistic nationality that guarantees universal rights to all citizens, including people of foreign origin. A major recipient of colonial labour migrants who considered themselves citizens of Ghana at the time of independence, Ghana provides an excellent case study for exploring the ambiguities and malleability of post-colonial citizenship. Analysing the various ways in which Ghanaian politicians…
Unveiling Modernity in Twentieth-Century West African Islamic Reforms
In this book Ousman Kobo analyzes the origins of Wahhabi-inclined reform movements in two West African countries. Commonly associated with recent Middle Eastern influences, reform movements in Ghana and Burkina Faso actually began during the twilight of European colonial rule in the 1950s and developed from local doctrinal contests over Islamic orthodoxy. These early movements in turn gradually evolved in ways sympathetic to Wahhabi ideas. Kobo a…
Sufism, Mahdism and Nationalism. Limamou Laye and the Layennes of Senegal By Douglas H. Thomas
On May 24 1883, Libasse Chaw, a non-literate Muslim from the Lebu ethnic group in Senegal, proclaimed himself a reincarnation of the Prophet, who had returned in black skin as the Mahdi. ‘The Prophet Muhammad who slept is now awaken. The Arab has become black’ (p. 104), he proclaimed. Belief in the appearance of the Mahdi, the guided one, who would return toward the end of time to restore justice to the world before the end of time, is widespread…
William A. Brown and the Assessment of a Scholarly Life
It is something of an unusual task to put together a reflection on and assessment of a scholar whose formal academic publications totaled seventeen pages across an article, two research notes, a manuscript handlist, and a book review. 1 The career of Dr. William Allen Brown (1934-2007) illustrates, among other things, the limits of defining intellectual impact by the number of publications, or even PhD students trained or undergraduates taught.Wh…
The Impact of Informal Mentorship: A Tribute to Professor William Brown
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Action (physics (2 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Content (measure theory (2 works)