Islamic Zanzibar: Between the Indian Ocean and the African Mainland
Through a discourse on religious difference, Zanzibar's belonging to both the Indian Ocean and the Tanzanian mainland is enacted and challenged. While Zanzibar is often described as a space of encounter forming a cosmopolitan society, I argue in this contribution for attention to moments of dif...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 131-137 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zanzibar
/ Indian Ocean
/ Landmass
/ Affiliation with
/ Islam
/ Christianity
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam CG Christianity and Politics FD Contextual theology KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Through a discourse on religious difference, Zanzibar's belonging to both the Indian Ocean and the Tanzanian mainland is enacted and challenged. While Zanzibar is often described as a space of encounter forming a cosmopolitan society, I argue in this contribution for attention to moments of differentiation that these encounters evoke. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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