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social and political history of Muslim communities in West Africa, particularly in the urban context; Muslim minorities in coastal West Africa; intellectual history of 'modern' or 'reformist' Islam in Francophone West Africa. 				<br><br> 				<table class="bggrey" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="../pix/common/1x1trans.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td></tr></table><br> 			 			 			 				<span class="bold">Main Areas of Research:</span><br> 				Main research interests focus on Muslim communities in Abidjan and Cte d'Ivoire; conversion to Islam and Muslim minorities in tropical West Africa; the encounter of Islam and modernity as well as local interactions between Islam and Christianity. 				<br><br> 				<table class="bggrey" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="../pix/common/1x1trans.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td></tr></table><br> 			 			 			 			 				 				<span class="bold">Publications:</span><br> 				 				'La lumire de l'islam vient de Cte d'Ivoire : le dynamisme de l'islam ivoirien sur la scne ouest-africaine et internationale' (forthcoming, Karthala 2002)<br><br>'Verso un nuovo proselitismo islamico nella Costa d'Avorio: una revoluzione discreta,' in A. Piga (ed.), <I>Islam e Citt Nell'Africa A Sud Del Sahara. Tra Sufismo e Fundamentalismo</I> (Roma, Liguori Editore 2001): 219-239<br> <br>'Beyond Mande Mory: Islam and Ethnicity in Cte d'Ivoire,' with Robert Launay, Paideuma 46 (July 2000): 63-84<br><br>'Vers un nouveau proslytisme islamique en Cte d'Ivoire : une rvolution discrte,' Autrepart [EHESS] 16 (October 2000): 139-160<br><br>'La Tijniyya  Abidjan, entre dsutude et renaissance. Ou, l'uvre moderniste d'El Hjj Ahmed Tijni B, Cheikh tijni rformiste en Cte d'Ivoire contemporaine', in J-L Triaud and D Robinson (eds.), La Tijaniyya en Afrique subsaharienne. Une confrrie musulmane  la conqute de l'Afrique (Karthala 2000): 439-467<br><br>'Les mille et une vies d'El Hadj Boubacar Sakho, le sage de Treichville (1903-1997).' In Alain Rouaud (ed.), <I>Les orientalistes sont des aventuriers, Guirlande offerte  Joseph Tubiana par ses lves et ses amis</I>, (Spia, Bibliothque Pereisc 1999): 267-272<br><br>'Le wahhabisme  Abidjan: Dynamisme urbain d'un islam rformiste en Cte d'Ivoire contemporaine (1960-1996),' Islam et Socits au Sud du Sahara 12 (December 1998): 5-74 				<br><br> 				<table class="bggrey" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="../pix/common/1x1trans.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td></tr></table><br> 				 			 			 			 				<span class="bold">Centres:</span><br> 				 				<a href="../centres/centreinfo.cfm?centreid=2">Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies</a><br> 				 				<br> 				<table class="bggrey" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="../pix/common/1x1trans.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td></tr></table><br> 			 			 			 			 			 			  			 			</span> 			</td> 			<td valign="top"> 			 			</td> 			</tr> 			 			 			 			 		 		 		 			 			</table> 		 		</td> 		<td><img src="../pix/common/1x1trans.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> 		<td><img src="../pix/common/1x1trans.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> 		</tr> 			 		 		</table> 	</td> 	</tr> 	 	 	<tr class="bgmain"> 	<td></td> 	<td height="22"><br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="basictext"><span class="bold"><a href="#topofpage">. . . 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