May God Repay You: The Tenet of Baraji in Southern Mali, West Africa
Muslims in the West African state of Mali use baraji, which translates from Bambara as ‘divine reward’ or ‘recompense’, as a criterion for understanding proper religious practice. The concept also drives Muslims’ lifelong aim to acquire the unspecified amount of merit that God requires for a person...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2015, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 150-169 |
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Mali
West Africa
merit
Islam
baraji
Bambara
ancestral relations
kinship
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