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Benjamin F. Soares, Islam and the Prayer Economy: history and authority in a Malian town.(Book review)
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Africa
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March 22, 2008
- Author:
- Weiss, Holger
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BENJAMIN F. SOARES, Islam and the Prayer Economy: history and authority in a Malian town. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute (pb 17.99 [pounds sterling]--978 07486 2358 7). 2005, xiv + 306 pp.
Benjamin Soares has written an innovative study about the history and relationship between various Sufi orders, reformers (so-called Islamists), civil society and political authorities in the Malian town of Nioro. It is a remarkable book, based on personal observation and archival research as well as ethnographic and written sources. The range of data collected is impressive, which makes the book a potential gold mine for researchers--not ...