Fetishizing religion: Allah Koura and French 'Islamic policy' in late colonial French Soud

2025-01-23 Classification：Religion Click()
Author：Mann, G

Article Title：Fetishizing religion: Allah Koura and French 'Islamic policy' in late colonial French Soudan (Mali)

Abstract：
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.

Keywords: Islam; religion; colonial policy; Mali

DOI: 10.1017/S0021853703008442

Source：JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY

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