Yunus Dumbe (PhD) is an Associate Prof in the Department of Religions and Human Development at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at MIASApursuing a project on Salafi revivalism in Ghana. He had stint years of previous fellowships in South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Finland and the United States. His research interest include; Islamic revival and reform in Africa, violent extremism and terrorism, religion and conflict and the politics of Islamic humanitarianism.
MIASA Project: Salafi Revival, Contested Identities and Conflicts in Postcolonial Ghana (1950s-2000s)
My project seeks to produce a monograph on Salafi revival in postcolonial Ghana which represents a dominant discourse in the public but has been a marginal in recent scholarship. The project aims among others to examine the changing trajectories of Salafi revival in Ghana from proselytization to joining global networks on extremism and humanitarianism. This project reconceptualises African Salafism in the context of religious authority and national politics with new perspectives on Ghana. 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.
Selected publications
2024 Razak. M Gyasi, N. Quansah, P. Antwi Boateng, Dumbe, Yunus et al. “Meeting the WHO Physical Activity Guidelines is Associated with Lower Odds of Depression in Older Adults: Potential Psychosomatic Mechanism” American Journal of Geriatric and Psychiatry. Vol 32, No 9. Pp 1105-1118.2023
Dumbe, Yunus “The Question of Religious Authority: Ga Converts and Non-Indigenes in Muslim Identity Politics in Postcolonial Accra”. Merian Institute for
Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)Working Paper 2023 (1).
2023 Dumbe Yunus. “Beyond Violent Extremism: An Examination of Young Muslims Narratives on Social and Political Reform in Ghana” African Journal
on Terrorism 13 (1) Pp 78-99.
2022 Jibrail Bin Yusuf & Dumbe Yunus “Islamic/Arabic Names and their Implications for Cultural Identity in Ghana”. Oguaa Journal of Religion and Human Values
(OJORHV) Vol. 6 Issue 3. Pp 39-72
Dumbe, Yunus 2022 “Intra Salafi Power Struggles : Politicisation of Purity and Fragmentation of Authority in Ghana” Africa Today. (68) 4, Pp 115-133.
Dumbe Yunus and George Bob M. Milliar. 2022 “Unregulated Religious Spaces in University Campuses: Evidence of Radicalisation of Young Muslim Students” Journal of Contemporary African Studies. (2) 12. Pp 1-17.
