Matriliny, Islam and gender in Northern Mozambique
Using gender as the major line of difference, the paper examines the diversity within Islam in northern Mozambique, in which, despite strong historical ties to the Swahili world and waves of Islamic expansion, as well as attempts to establish and police an Islamic "orthodoxy", matriliny co...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2006
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2006, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 139-166 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mozambique (Nord)
/ Swahili (People)
/ Woman
/ Gender-specific role
/ Family law
/ Islam
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Using gender as the major line of difference, the paper examines the diversity within Islam in northern Mozambique, in which, despite strong historical ties to the Swahili world and waves of Islamic expansion, as well as attempts to establish and police an Islamic "orthodoxy", matriliny continues to be one of the main cultural features. Concentrating on two coastal regions, Mozambique Island and Angoche, and on three urban zones of the modern provincial capital, Nampula City, the paper addresses the reasons for the endurance of matriliny, through historical processes that brought about different currents of Islam, and discusses the ways in which the colonial and post-colonial state, while attempting to control the often conflicting Islamic and African "traditional" authorities, have contributed to the perpetuation of this conflict as well as to the endurance of matriliny. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-4200 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of religion in Africa
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