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Islam in a Zongo

Muslim Lifeworlds in Asante, Ghana

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvBenedikt Pontzen

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Zongos, wards in West Africa populated by traders and migrants from the northern savannahs and the Sahel, are a common sight in Ghana's Asante region where the people of these wards represent a dual-minority as both foreigners and Muslims in a largely Christian area, facing marginalisation as a result. Islam provides the people of the zongos with a common ground and shared values, becoming central to their identity and to their shared sense of community. This detailed account of Islamic lifeworlds highlights the irreducible diversity and complexity of 'everyday' lived religion among Muslims in a zongo community. Benedikt Pontzen traces the history of Muslim presence in the region and analyses three Islamic phenomena encountered in its zongos in detail: Islamic prayer practices, the authorisation of Islamic knowledge, and ardently contested divination and healing practices. Drawing on empirical and archival research, oral histories, and academic studies, he demonstrates how Islam is inextricably bound up with the diverse ways in which Muslims live it.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-01-07
Mått235 x 155 x 20 mm
Vikt550 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieThe International African Library
Antal sidor288
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108830249

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Benedikt Pontzen is an anthropologist and writer who has been carrying out ethnographic and historiographic research in Asante since the early 2000s. Besides his research on Islam, he also works on so-called 'African Traditional Religions', religious encounters, and lived religious diversity in the region. His work has been published in journals, including Africa and the Journal of Religion in Africa, and in edited volumes.

'The most important analysis of Islam in a Zongo in recent times. This is a fascinating anthropological account of how Islamic beliefs and practices permeate every facet of life for the people of Kokote Zongo in Offinso in southern Ghana. Pontzen offers a unique, nuanced and thorough ethnographic approach with theoretical insights by analysing the backgrounds of the various Muslim groups and their conceptualisations of Islamic beliefs and practices which highlight diversities, conceptions and imaginaries of Islam.' Yunus Dumbe, Department of Religious Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumase, Ghana