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Athuman, Chembea S.:
Mediatised Spirituality : Qaṣīdah and Nashīd for Alternative Narratives and Religious Economy in the East African Coast.
In: Journal for Islamic Studies.
Bd. 41
(2023)
Heft 1
.
ISSN 0257-7062
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25159/2957-9163/15060
Abstract
This article examines the dynamics in the production, mediatisation, commodification and dissemination of Islamic knowledge along the East African coast within the microcosm of Kenya. Traditional norms confined the production of religious knowledge to strict spiritual spaces like mosques, madrassas (formal Qur’an schools), duksi (informal Qur’an schools) and darsas (sw. yyuo, study circles) often by male ulama (clerics) Nonetheless, the place of media and artistic cultural performances like qaṣīdah (sw. kasida, poems) and nashīd (pl. anāshīd, hymns) in the religious knowledge processes have received little attention. Whereas qaṣīdah were produced and used for meditation and worship in Sufi rituals and mawlid (sw. maulidi, commemoration for the birth of Prophet Muhammad), the advancement of media technology in the 21st century enabled mediatisation of qaṣīdah and anāshīd in ways hitherto known to be possible. This article, therefore, explores: (a) how mediatisation of qaṣīdah and anāshīd departs from traditional norms in the production and dissemination of Islamic knowledge on the coast of Kenya, (b) how mediatised qaṣīdah and anāshīd themes contribute to the production and dissemination of religious knowledge, and (c) the extent at which mediatisation of qaṣīdah and anāshīd facilitated alternative narratives to counter extremist ideologies as well as generate income in the post 9/11 Muslim community in Kenya. Drawing from content analysis of mediatised qaṣīdah and anāshīd, the article enhances our nuanced understanding of the role of artistic performances for not only religious knowledge production and dissemination and religious economic processes, but also countering extremist ideologies in the Muslim world and the coast of Kenya in particular.
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| Publikationsform: | Artikel in einer Zeitschrift |
|---|---|
| Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
| Keywords: | Mediatized Spirituality; Qasidah; Naashid; Swahili; Islamic knowledge |
| Institutionen der Universität: | Research Networks > African Studies Forschungseinrichtungen > Sonderforschungsbereiche, Forschergruppen > EXC 2052 - Africa Multiple: Afrikastudien neu gestalten |
| Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Ja |
| Themengebiete aus DDC: | 200 Religion 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 960 Geschichte Afrikas |
| Eingestellt am: | 10 Nov 2026 13:34 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 10 Nov 2026 13:34 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/99819 |