The Muridiyya on the Move
Ohio University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8214-2437-7 (ISBN)
Highlights the role of transnational space making in the construction of diasporic Muridiyya identity.
The construction of collective identity among the Muridiyya abroad is a communal but contested endeavor. Differing conceptions of what should be the mission of Muridiyya institutions in the diaspora reveal disciples’ conflicting politics and challenge the notion of the order’s homogeneity. While some insist on the universal dimension of Ahmadu Bamba Mbakke’s calling and emphasize dawa (proselytizing), others prioritize preserving Muridiyya identity abroad by consolidating the linkages with the leadership in Senegal. Diasporic reimaginings of the Muridiyya abroad, in turn, inspire cultural reconfigurations at home.
Drawing from a wide array of oral and archival sources in multiple languages collected in five countries, The Muridiyya on the Move reconstructs over half a century of the order’s history, focusing on mobility and cultural transformations in urban settings. In this groundbreaking work, Babou highlights the importance of the dahira (urban prayer circle) as he charts the continuities and ruptures between Muridiyya migrations. Throughout, he delineates the economic, socio-political, and other forces that powered these population movements, including colonial rule, the economic crises of the postcolonial era, and natural disasters.
Cheikh Anta Babou is an associate professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has taught African history and the history of Islam in Africa since 2002. He is the foremost historian of the Muridiyya of Senegal and has published extensively on the genesis of the Murid order, the expansion of the Senegalese and Murid diaspora, and the politics of Sufi Islam in Senegal.
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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Orthography
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Muridiyya in the Cities of Senegal
Chapter 2. Birth of a Diaspora: Murid Migrants in Côte d’Ivoire
Chapter 3. Gabon: “Backyard of Tuubaa”
Chapter 4. The Muridiyya in France
Chapter 5. Making Murid Space in Paris
Chapter 6. Unlikely Migration: Murids in New York City
Chapter 7. Making Room for the Muridiyya in New York City
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Excerpts from Journal Officiel de l’Afrique Occidentale Française authorizing the first licensed Murid dahira in Senegal, May 17, 1958
Appendix 2. List of officers of the federation of Murid dahiras of Dakar in 1963
Appendix 3. Caliph Faliilu Mbakke’s letter acknowledging reception of donations from the Murid dahira of
Dakar, November 23, 1966
Appendix 4. Caliph Abdul Ahad Mbakke’s letter acknowledging receipt of donations from the Murid dahira of Dakar, September 13, 1987
Appendix 5. Caliph Faliilu Mbakke’s letter to the governor of Côte d’Ivoire regarding the appointment of Sëriñ Ñas as his representative, April 14, 1968
Appendix 6. Proclamation by religious community leaders in Taverny, including the Murid Imam Mamadou N’Sangou, regarding the Algerian civil war and violence in the Middle East, October 16, 2000
Appendix 7. Shaykh Murtada Mbakke’s letter of recommendation to the Murid community in the United States
Appendix 8. Shaykh Murtada Mbakke’s letter appointing Balozi Muhammad leader of the Murid Islamic Community in America
Appendix 9. Proclamation of Ahmadu Bamba Day in New York City by David Dinkins, President of the Borough
of Manhattan
Appendix 10. Proclamation of Ahmadu Bamba Day in Chicago by Mayor Richard M. Daley
Appendix 11. Proclamation of Ahmadu Bamba Day in Washington, DC, by Mayor Adrian Fenty 233
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.04.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | New African Histories |
| Verlagsort | Athens |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8214-2437-8 / 0821424378 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8214-2437-7 / 9780821424377 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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