Fetishizing Religion
Allah Koura and French ‘Islamic Policy’ in Late Colonial French Soudan (Mali)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8977348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Mann (0000-0002-3319-3633, Columbia University, corresponding author), Gregory Mann |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 263-282 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853703008442 |
| OpenAlex | W2097866305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This article argues that an innovative religious movement in postwar French Soudan (Mali) led some French administrators and military officers to adopt a new and more open stance towards local religious practices even as they fought hard to limit conversion to Islam and to counteract Muslim reform. Meanwhile, although the founder of the movement advocated submission to local authorities, young men claiming to be his messengers attacked elders and sorcerers. The article suggests that the religious sphere in the Western Sudan was broader than historians have recognized, and that religious identities were particularly important in the troubled transition from subjects to citizens
Ancient history · Archaeology · Colonialism · Islam · Political science · Sociology · African Studies and Ethnography · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · North African History and Literature · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2021 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |