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Introduction to Special Issue: Performing Islamic Revival in Africa

Introduction to Special Issue:Performing Islamic Revival in Africa Chanfi Ahmed (bio) This special issue offers different case studies that pursue a set of common propositions in the analysis of the Islamic revival in Africa. Topics covered include activities of Muslim Bible preachers in public spaces in East Africa (Ahmed), performances of collective prayer in West African towns (Schulz), narratives of (re-)conversion to Islam in Northern Nigerian video films (Krings), and demonstrative conversion to Islam as an instrument of struggle for gang leaders in Southern Nigeria (Montclos). First, th…