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  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Bayreuth : Institut für Afrikastudien
    Language: English
    Pages: XIII, 130 S.
    Series Statement: Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers 15
    Abstract: Nairobi is one of the most prominent examples of a "heavily compartmentalised" 1 and "fragmented city", 2 drawn up by colonial urban planners to mirror the idea of a racially segregated society. However, religious affiliation has been equally important in the categorization of people living in Nairobi and its surrounding areas during the colonial period. Members of the colonial troops, being mostly of African Muslim origin, were classified as `detribalized` natives, assumingly having lost their connection to the native reserve. They were therefore settled in the urban surroundings of Nairobi, on a military ground called `Kibera`. To date, Kibera has grown into a multi-ethnic, multi-religious informal settlement. The paper examines how ethnicity, religion and space are ordering principles and building blocks of identity and belonging in Kibera, now allegedly turned Africa`s biggest slum. The example at hand is the Nubian community, descendants of black African Muslim colonial soldiers, who call this settlement their `ancestral home`. 3 On the basis of empirical findings on Nubian wedding festivities and negotiations around the Muslim cemetery in Kibera, the paper aims to show the production and intertwining of gendered, sacred, secular, public and private space as well as the performance of identity and belonging among the Nubian community in Kibera, Kenya.
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  • 2
    ISBN: 978-3-643-90982-4 , 978-3-643-95982-9 /PDF
    ISSN: 0938-7285
    Language: English
    Pages: xxii, 334 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten
    Series Statement: Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung 86
    Keywords: Ghana Ethnie, Afrika ; Ga ; Religion ; Religion und Politik ; Beziehungen, interreligiös ; Konflikt ; Konflikt, ethnischer ; Konflikt, sozialer ; Trommel ; Recht
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part 1. Situating the conflict. 1. Methodological and theoretical baselines. 2. Introducing the main actors in conflict: The Ga traditionalists and the charismatic churches in Ghana. 3. Drum wars: toward charting an historical trajectory of ban-related clashes 1998-2016 -- Part 2. The multiple dimensions of the conflict. 4. "Us" versus "them": the "religious" dimensions of the conflict. 5. The Drum politics: an enduring conflict. 6. "Is Ghana governed by the law of the jungle" - Religious liberties and diversity in contemporary Ghana --7. Dynamic and creative religious exchanges: the relationship between the mainline historical churches and the Ga traditional council. 8. Understanding the complexities of the conglict: toward some conclusions -- References -- Appendices
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 291 - 310 , Dissertation, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, Bayreuth University, 2017
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