Brotherhood solidarity, education and migration: The role of the Dahiras among the Murid muslim community of New York

Babou, Cheikh Anta

doi:10.1093/afraf/101.403.151

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“…This might indicate that the Senegalese stand in a particular tradition of circular migration, and other cultural factors were at stake which could not be fully captured by the mainly social and economic variables in this analysis. However, this result fits with other evidence that Senegalese migrants do tend to form a distinct migrant group, in which ethnic and religious community bonds tend to remain strong and migration is often strongly tied in with transnational entrepreneurship and trade networks (Babou 2002;Pian 2005;Riccio 2001). Generally, prior migration experiences in the form of long stays in origin and/or destination countries did not significantly influence intentions to stay or return.…”

Section: Reason To Returnsupporting

confidence: 88%

The effects of integration and transnational ties on international return migration intentions

Haas¹,

Fokkema²

2011

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Section: Reason To Returnsupporting

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The effects of integration and transnational ties on international return migration intentions

Haas¹,

Fokkema²

2011

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“…En 1940 se funda la primera y, ya desde sus albores, esta forma de organización hace gala de una formidable capacidad adaptativa. Un buen ejemplo es la dahira Hizbut Tarqiyya, fundada en 1975 en la Universidad de Dakar por estudiantes marxistas (Babou 2002). Algunas de las más representativas hoy son la Matlabul Fawzayni (Guèye 2009;12 Muridismo como ideología en relación al surgimiento de una intelligentzsia, según este autor.…”

Section: Y Coulon (2009)unclassified

La Dahira de Mame Diarra en la diáspora: ¿un desafío al patriarcado murid?

Guijarro¹

2013

Rev. Dialectol. Trad. Popul.

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RESUMENLa dahira (agrupación de fieles en torno a un líder religioso, con cometidos colectivos espirituales y materiales) constituye el modo organizativo por antonomasia de la cofradía Muridiyya, tanto en Senegal como en su intensa diáspora migratoria. Las dahiras exclusivamente femeninas, frente a las masculinas o mixtas, se sostienen sobre la base del culto a Mame Diarra, figura inmensamente respetada como madre de Ahmadou Bamba, fundador del muridismo. Tales dahiras funcionan de modo autónomo e independiente en todos los ámbitos: gestión económica, organización, liderazgo, etc., movilizando gran cantidad de recursos humanos y económicos dentro y fuera de Senegal. Este artículo revisa la teoría más relevante sobre las dahiras, en primer lugar, y las dahiras femeninas desde una perspectiva de género, en segundo lugar, para abordar después el estudio de caso de la dahira de Mame Diarra en Madrid y su significación en el contexto de la comunidad murid en España a fin de analizar si, efectivamente, la experiencia del muridismo para las mujeres a través de las dahiras conlleva el grado de autonomía y agencia que algunos estudios defienden.Palabras clave: Mujeres murid, Diáspora migratoria, Senegal, Dahiras femeninas, Mame Diarra. SUMMARYThe dahira (a group of believers around a religious leader, with both espiritual and material collective committments) is the quintessential organizational mode of the brotherhood Muridiyya, both in Senegal and in its intense migrant diaspora. The exclusively female dahiras, against male or mixed, are held on the basis of the cult of Mame Diarra, a hugely respected figure as the mother of Ahmadou Bamba, founder of Muridism. Such dahiras operate autonomously and inde-* Este trabajo se ha elaborado en el marco del proyecto de investigación «Integración, participación y justicia social» (FFI2009-07056), financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación y dirigido por Juan Carlos Velasco Arroyo (IP). Una versión preliminar y reducida del presente artículo se presentó a modo de comunicación en el I Congreso Internacional FEMIGRA: Feminismo, migración e intervención social», (Barcelona, 9-11 febrero 2012). Agradezco a José Ángel Martínez Casares, Iria Vázquez Silva y Juan Antonio Estrada Díaz la lectura del manuscrito original y los valiosos comentarios al mismo. Asimismo, agradezco a la comunidad murid en Madrid su imprescindible y amable cooperación para el desarrollo de mi trabajo; y, por supuesto, su amistad.

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“…In this informal economy, spontaneity based on trust is the major characteristic of market exchanges. Members are "illiterate" in the official sense because they don't speak French or represent the elite culture, but they have over 10,000 members in New York's Harlem, where they have established "little Senegal" (Babou, 2002). Millions of dollars are sent to Senegal through the informal transactions that exchange money given to a "representative" in New York, Paris, or Milan, with service or money provided in Senegal.…”

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Re-conceptualizing Civil Society: The Debate Continues With Specific Reference to Contemporary Senegal

Lo¹

2006

Afr Asian Stud

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This article challenges the civil society argument based on its failure to correctly and appropriately conceptualize Africa's societal experiences. To this end, the article explores Senegal as a case study to show how the idiosyncrasy of societal development has constructed and produced different types of associational life that is not grasped within the liberal preconditions of civil society. Senegal was selected to make a deductive analysis. If we can prove that Senegalese society, which is commonly cited in the liberal argument as a vibrant model of civil society, is neither acting within the conventional frameworks nor meets the conventional preconditions of civil society, the argument on the flaws of the liberal conception of civil society will stand.

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Brotherhood solidarity, education and migration: The role of the Dahiras among the Murid muslim community of New York

Cited by 95 publications

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The effects of integration and transnational ties on international return migration intentions

The effects of integration and transnational ties on international return migration intentions

La Dahira de Mame Diarra en la diáspora: ¿un desafío al patriarcado murid?

Re-conceptualizing Civil Society: The Debate Continues With Specific Reference to Contemporary Senegal

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