Dorothea E. Schulz is Professor in the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Cologne.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsOverture1. "Our Nation's Authentic Traditions": Law Reform and Controversies over the Common Good, 1999–20062. Times of Hardship: Gender Relations in a Changing Urban Economy3. Family Conflicts: Domestic Life Revisited by Media Practices4. Practicing Humanity: Social Institutions of Islamic Moral Renewal5. Alasira, the Path to God6. "Proper Believers": Mass-mediated Constructions of Moral Community7. Consuming Baraka, Debating Virtue: New Forms of Mass-mediated ReligiosityEpilogueNotesReferencesIndex

Schulz's book is a solid ethnographic work that makes a significant contribution to the literature on Islam in Africa, and on the effects of media technologies on local peoples' lives both on and beyond the continent.(Intl Jrnl African Historical Studies) Muslims and New Media in West Africa makes a major contribution to the anthropological study of Islam as well as the study of Islam in West Africa. It adds to our knowledge of everyday practices of Islam as well as how these ordinary practices play into the creation of religious authorities.(Journal of Relgion in Africa)