Search for Knowledge and Recognition : Traditional Qur'anic Students in Kano, Nigeria

• Auteur principal: Hannah Hoechner (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: IFRA-Nigeria 2013
• Sujets: Religion & beliefs; Islam; Nigerian muslims; Qur'anic schools; religion
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Hannah Hoechner investigates an educational practice that is widespread in Muslim West Africa. "Traditional" Qur'anic schools, whose students live with their teacher and earn their own livelihood (often through begging), have become the subject of much public concern and anxiety. Hann...