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Male praise-singers in Accra: in the company of women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Deborah Pellow
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Résumé

En 1957, M. G. Smith a publié un document déterminant sur le rôle du maroki, chanteur de louanges da la communauté musulmane Haoussa, dans la partie nord du Nigeria. Cet article examine le rôle du maroki dans la communauté Sabon Zongo d'Accra, issue d'une diaspora. Bien que les communautés zongo d'Accra soient considérablement diluées au sein de leur orthodoxie islamique, elles nʼen demeurent pas moins distinctement islamiques dans le ton, comme en témoignent les mosquées, les écoles coraniques, les robes flottantes et les voiles de prière diaphanes, ainsi quʼune orientation culturelle générale fortement influencée par les Haoussas et distincte de la région chrétienne du sud du Ghana. Au sein de la communauté haoussa et des institutions zongo sur lesquelles la coutume haoussa exerce une influence particulière, il existe une séparation résiduelle entre le monde des hommes et le monde des femmes. Cet article considère le maroki comme un acteur dépourvu de distinction de sexe. Ceci suggère que par sa présence dans les rassemblements de femmes haoussas et zongo, il est devenu leur client, les considère comme ses bienfaitrices et relie leur monde à celui des hommes.

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Music for modern Muslims
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Africa , Volume 67 , Issue 4 , October 1997 , pp. 582 - 601
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Copyright © International African Institute 1997

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