"To Never Shed Blood": Yacouba Sylla, Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Islamic Modernization in Côte d'Ivoire
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Title
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"To Never Shed Blood": Yacouba Sylla, Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Islamic Modernization in Côte d'Ivoire
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list of authors
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Hanretta, Sean
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Abstract
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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.
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Journal
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The Journal of African History
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volume
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49
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issue
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2
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Date
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2008
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pages
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281-304
Côte d'Ivoire