Transnational Islam
Circulation of religious Ideas, Actors and Practices between Niger and Nigeria
At the crossroads of major trade routes and characterised by intense human circulations, the area that encompasses northern Nigeria and southern Niger is a privileged space to study transnational religious dynamics. Islam is, indeed, an essential feature of this region assuming today new forms in terms of discourses, practices, and modes of dissemination. In order to capture their changing complexity and diversity, regional Islamic dynamics need to be observed from both sides of the Niger-Nige...
Éditeur : IFRA-Nigeria, African studies centre
Lieu d’édition : Leiden ; Ibadan
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 22 juillet 2021
ISBN numérique : 979-10-92312-56-0
DOI : 10.4000/books.ifra.1713
Collection : WAPOSO Series | 4
Année d’édition : 2020
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-90-5448-184-3
Nombre de pages : xi-218
Part I. Islam within the State, Islam within the space
Muhammadu Mustapha Gwadabe
1
Reformist Islam, the state, and Muslims of Nigeria and the Republic of NigerPart II. Questionning the Salafi Model and its cross-border effects
Abdoulaye Sounaye
3
Cross-border preaching between northern Nigeria and Niger: Practices, actors, and implications of wa’aziPart III. Boko Haram, the trans-nationalisation of a local phenomenon
Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
6
The spread of jihadist insurrections in Niger and Nigeria: An analysis based on the case of Boko Haram
At the crossroads of major trade routes and characterised by intense human circulations, the area that encompasses northern Nigeria and southern Niger is a privileged space to study transnational religious dynamics. Islam is, indeed, an essential feature of this region assuming today new forms in terms of discourses, practices, and modes of dissemination. In order to capture their changing complexity and diversity, regional Islamic dynamics need to be observed from both sides of the Niger-Nigeria border, where religious patterns echo each other but also obey different socio-political injunctions. While studying the processes of religious renewal and mutation, it is necessary to pay attention to the varied forms these processes take, to their direct and indirect effects and to the channels of transmission used.
An interdisciplinary team of seven researchers from Niger, Nigeria, France and the United Kingdom was set up to conduct this transnational study; all authors carried out ethnographic fieldwork in both countries while constantly exchanging, comparing and discussing their respective findings with each other. Thus, this book provides first-hand material collected in the field, that contributes to enrich the reflexion on contemporary transformation dynamics in the Islamic landscapes of Niger and Nigeria, but also reflects the relevance of a transnational and comparative approach of these phenomena. Finally, it showcases the collaborative work of African and European scholars from Francophone and Anglophone countries - a type of scientific partnership unprecedented in this field.
Élodie Apard (dir.)
Élodie Apard is a Historian. She holds a PhD from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, for which she wrote a doctoral dissertation on the transmission of the Colonial State in Niger. She held the position of Researcher / Scientific Resident at IFRA-Nigeria from 2011 to 2015 and assumed the position of Director of the Institute from 2016 to 2020. She specializes in the study of political processes in the Sahel and the analysis of cross-border movements, including religious movements, as well as the evolution of Boko Haram in Nigeria and neighbouring countries.

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