Muslim Modernity in Postcolonial Nigeria: A Study of the Society for the Removal and Reinstatement of Tradition (Islam in Africa, 1) (Islam in Africa, 1)

306 Pages·2003·1.52 MB·English

by  Ousmane Kane

MUSLIM MODERNITY IN POSTCOLONIAL NIGERIA
ISLAM IN AFRICA
Brill’s “Islam in Africia” is designed to present the results of scholarly
research into the many aspects of the history and present-day features of
Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa. The series will take up isssues of religious and
intellectual traditions, social significance and organization, and other
aspects of the Islamic presence in Africa. It includes monographs,
collaborative volumes and reference works by researchers from all relevant
disciplines.
EDITORS
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VOLUME 1
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MUSLIM MODERNITY
IN POSTCOLONIAL NIGERIA
A Study of the Society for the Removal of Innovation
and Reinstatement of Tradition
BY
OUSMANE KANE
BRILL
LEIDEN (cid:127)BOSTON
2003
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kane, Ousmane
Muslim modernity in postcolonial Nigeria : a study of the Society for the Removal of
Innovation and Reinstatement of Tradition / by Ousmane Kane.
p. cm. -- (Islam in Africa : v. 1)
Revised English version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Université de Paris, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9004125884 (hb. : alk. paper)
J. Yan Izala (Organization) 2. Islam and politics--Nigeria. 3. Islam--Nigeria--Societies,
etc. 4. Sufis--Nigeria--Political activity. 5. Nigeria--Politics and government--1984. I.
Title II. Series.
BP64.N49 K36 2002
306.6'9765'0966978--dc21
2002033277
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Kane, Ousmane:
Muslim modernity in postcolonial Nigeria : a study of the Society for the
Removal of Innovation and Reinstatement of Tradition –
Leiden; Boston :Brill, 2003
(Islam in Africa; Vol. 1)
ISBN90 04 12588 4
ISSN 0928–5520
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To the memory of my father Al-Hajj Oumar Kane
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Si donner un sens à la vie peut-être considéré,
en fonction d’une croyance en l’au delà comme
un acte religieux, vouloir organiser la société en
fonction de cette croyance est une démarche
politique. Rémy Leveau.
«Les mouvements islamiques» Pouvoirs, 62, 1992.
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations .............................................................................. x
Acknowledgments ........................................................................ xi
Orthography ................................................................................ xv
Glossary ...................................................................................... xvii
Introduction Normative versus alternative modernity ...... 1
Chapter One Agents and Aspects of Social Change in
Twentieth-Century Nigeria ............................ 29
Chapter Two Kano in the Nigerian Context .................... 53
Chapter Three The Fragmentation of Sacred Authority .... 69
Chapter Four The Social Base of the Yan Izala ................ 104
Chapter Five Worldview and Recruitment Patterns of the
Yan Izala ........................................................ 123
Chapter Six Counter-Reform Movements ........................ 149
Chapter Seven The Politics of Muslim-Christian
Confrontation in Nigeria .............................. 178
Chapter Eight The Domestication of Izala .......................... 207
Conclusion .................................................................................. 227
Bibliography ................................................................................ 253
Appendices
1: English translation of the pamphlet: Hujojin da suka hana
bi dan tarika salla .................................................................... 271
Index ............................................................................................ 277