Islam and the Prayer Economy: history and authority in a Malian town (review)

Abstract

The book is important for many reasons. First, very little of northern Namibian scholars’ work on their own past has reached international audiences. These two studies announce a promising beginning and show that continuing the collection of oral history in northern Namibia should be a primary concern. From the point of view of research, the volume abounds with ‘new’ and exciting data. It also identifies a serious problem to be tackled: that of communicating the Finnish sources to the Namibian scholars in a more efficient way.