“Salafi Revival, Contested Identities and Conflicts in Postcolonial Ghana (1950s – 2000s)”; Speaker: Professor Yunus Dumbe

Abstract: This project which aims to produce a monograph analyses the dynamic growth of Salafism and its revival from the early postcolonial Ghana (1950s-2000). I seek among others to analyse the changing trajectories of Salafi revival from proselytization to intra-Salafi and Muslim conflicts and the implications of its transformation as a national movement in Ghana. I build on previous scholarships on Salafism with new perspectives which have been overlooked. While grounding the theoretical background of this study on religious authority and charisma, I demonstrate how Salafi revivalism related to new generations responses to social and political class formation. I argue that Salafism found reception among people who were disenfranchised and disconnected from the established religious groups and benefited from pre-existing social and political cleavages.

The lecture series is free and open to the public. 

For online participation please use the following link:
https://uni-freiburg.zoom-x.de/j/67634504000?pwd=hZt9gfWh9gE6Ua79saxvsqpObpAsqa.1

Meeting-ID: 676 3450 4000

Code: JH09h4kKw