Episode 10: How the Yoruba Live: Islamic Teachings Shape an Inter-religious Modern World, with Adeyemi Balogun

Humanities Matter by Brill

English - March 11, 2020 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.17 MB
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Over decades, the Yoruba community of southwest Nigeria has thrived as an inter-religious community, balancing Christianity, Islam, and the ways of a modern and secular globalized world.

In this episode, Dr. Adeyemi Balogun, from the University of Bayreuth in Germany, explores the fabric of the Yoruba society in terms of the founding and development of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, the impact of colonialism, and the transformation of Islam over the last 20 years. His discussion is based on his paper titled “‘When Knowledge is there, Other Things Follow’: The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria and the Making of Yoruba Muslim Youths”, published in Brill’s Islamic Africa.

Guest: Adeyemi Balogun
Host: Emily Tamkin