Muslims and New Media in West Africa: Pathways to God

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Muslims and New Media in West Africa Pathways to God Dorothea E. Schulz Muslims and New Media in West Africa Muslims and New Media in West Africa Pathways to God Dorothea E. Schulz Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931© 2012 by Dorothea E. Schulz All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. • The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schulz, Dorothea Elisabeth. Muslims and new media in West Africa : pathways to God / Dorothea E. Schulz. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-35715-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-22362-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-00554-0 (electronic book) 1. Islam—Africa, West. 2.Women in Islam—Africa, West. 3. Islam—Mali. 4. Women in Islam— Mali. I. Title. BP64.A38S38 2012 297.082'096623—dc2 2011025571 1 2 3 4 5 17 16 15 14 13 12 To my mother, Dr. Gesina Schulz, and my late father, Dr. Arnold Schulz. And to “Gesina fitinin.” ...