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Islam has influenced Sub-Saharan Africa since early European mediaeval times. Powerful Islamic empires and revolutionary movements moulded their history. Until today these regions have confronted very different forms of Islam. This workshop wants to reconsider the influence of Islam in the political, social and religious domains of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Program:
Friday, 18.11.2011
14:00 Opening Remarks
(Prof. Dr. Winfried Speitkamp, Kassel)
14:30 The Jula in Burkina Faso: From Pre-Colonial Elite to Ethno-Political Association
(PD Dr. Katja Werthmann, Mainz)
15:15 The Fall of the Walasma' Dynasty (Ethiopia, 16th Century)
(Amélie Chekroun, Paris)
16:30 Guns, Honour and Islam: The Decline and Fall of the Songhay
(Christian Holst, Kassel)
18:00 Public Lecture
Die Muslime in Afrika im Spannungsfeld zwischen vorkolonialem Erbe und Globalisierung
(Prof. Dr. Roman Loimeier, Göttingen)
Saturday, 19.11.2011
09:00 Moving Movements – 19th Century Jihads in the Hausa Region
(Stephanie Zehnle, Kassel)
09:45 Expansion of Islam and Political Competition on the Swahili Coast
in the 19th Century
(Clélia Coret, Paris)
11:00 Translocal Muslim Networks and Local Social Orders in Tanganyika and Eastern Congo, 1920s to 1960s
(Katharina Zöller, Bayreuth)
11:45 The Giving and Receiving of Zakat: Relationships between the ‘Wealthy’ and ‘Needy’ Citizens of Jos, Nigeria
(Dauda Abubakar, Berlin)
12:30 Final Discussion
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