The Sufi Muslim orders to which the vast majority of Senegalese
belong are the most significant institutions of social organization
in the country. While studies of Islam and politics have tended to
focus on the destabilizing force of religiously based groups,
Leonardo Villalon argues that in Senegal the orders have been a
central component of a political system that has been among the
most stable in Africa. Focusing on a regional administrative
center, he combines a detailed account of grassroots politics with
an analysis of national and international forces to examine the
ways in which the internal dynamics of the orders shape the
exercise of power by the Senegalese state. This is a major study
that should be read by every student of Islam and politics as well
as of Africa.
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