Quranic schools in northern Nigeria. Everyday experiences of youth, faith, and poverty.

Autor/in	Hoechner, Hannah
Titel	Quranic schools in northern Nigeria. Everyday experiences of youth, faith, and poverty.
Quelle	London: International African Institute (2018), XIX, 267 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	The international African library. 54
Beigaben	Illustrationen; Karten; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	9781108425292 (gebundene Ausgabe)
Schlagwörter	Nigeria; Islamic religious education of children; Islamic religious education; Education; Koranschule; Islamische Erziehung; Erziehung + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Islamic religious instruction; Islamischer Religionsunterricht; Bildung; Erziehung
Abstract	Porridge, piety, and patience: Qur'anic schooling in northern Nigeria -- Fair game for unfair accusations? Discourses about Qur'anic students -- 'Secular schooling is schooling for the rich!' : inequality and educational change in northern Nigeria -- Peasants, privations, and piousness : how boys become Qur'anic students -- Inequality at close range : domestic service for the better-off -- Concealment, asceticism, and cunning Americans : how to deal with being poor -- Mango medicine and morality : pursuing a respectable position within society -- Spiritual security services in an insecure setting : Kano's 'prayer economy' -- Roles, risks, and reproduction : what almajiri education implies for society and for the future -- Annex: Synopsis of 'Duniya Juyi Juyi--How Life Goes'. In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalisation and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialised in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork among Qur'anic students and their communities, this book offers an alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty.
Erfasst von	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Update	2018/4/12