"To Never Shed Blood": Yacouba Sylla, Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Islamic Modernization in Côte d'Ivoire

Titre: "To Never Shed Blood": Yacouba Sylla, Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Islamic Modernization in Côte d'Ivoire
liste des auteurs: Hanretta, Sean
Résumé: After an ill-fated religious revival, the Sufi teacher Yacouba Sylla and his followers became wealthy and politically influential in post-Second World War Côte d'Ivoire. They argued for an understanding of democratization and development that defined both ideas in terms of their community's own mystical experiences and world-historical significance, rather than in terms of modernity. As a way of making sense of their own past and defending their place in an increasingly tense political environment, these efforts achieved their most explicit articulation in a powerful story about Yacouba Sylla's refusal of a gift from Ivoirian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny.
Journal: The Journal of African History
volume: 49
numéro: 2
Date: 2008
Langue: Anglais
Type: Article de revue
doi: 10.1017/S0021853708003666
Couverture spatiale: Côte d'Ivoire
pages: 281-304