Religion and Political Culture in Kano

John N. Paden

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Religion and Political Culture in Kano

John N. Paden

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Published/Copyright: 2023

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Religion and Political Culture in Kano provides an in-depth exploration of how Islamic traditions have shaped political authority and community in northern Nigeria’s most influential urban center. Focusing on Kano Emirate and later Kano State, the study situates religion within a wider context of urbanization, ethnicity, and class, demonstrating how Islamic law, clerical leadership, and Sufi brotherhoods became central to political life. Particular attention is given to the Tijaniyya and Qadiriyya reform movements, which redefined the structures of authority and community and provided new bases for legitimacy across ethnic lines. By tracing these developments, the book illuminates the ways in which religious values and symbols informed political organization and social integration.

Covering the transition from precolonial emirate rule through colonial indirect administration and into the era of Nigerian independence, the book analyzes how crises of legitimacy and efforts at reform repeatedly reshaped both authority and community. It examines succession and protest, the role of emirate institutions, and the transformation of local identities amid broader processes of national integration. Drawing on historical documents, survey data, and ethnographic detail, the study offers both a richly textured account of Kano’s religious and political history and a framework for understanding the interplay of religion and politics in multiethnic societies.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

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Contents
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Figures
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Acknowledgments
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Note on Language Use and Transliteration
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Introduction: Political Culture and the Kano Case Study
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Part I. Patterns of Religious Authority and Community
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1. Religious Identity and Structure
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2. The Transition from Traditional to Reformed Tijaniyya
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3. The Consolidation of Reformed Tijaniyya
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4. Qadiriyya, Mahdiyya, and Usmaniyya
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5. Comparative Orientations Toward Authority and Community
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Part II. Patterns of Political Authority and Community
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6. Emirate Authority and Community
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7. The Ideological Basis of Early Emirate Reform
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8. The Transition to Kano State
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9. Authority and Community in Kano State
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10. Comparative Orientations Toward Authority and Community
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Conclusion: Religion and Political Culture in Kano
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Appendix 1. Bakin Ruwa Ward (Kano City) Religious Survey, 1965
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Appendix 2. Succession to Selected Clan and District Headships in Kano Emirate
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Appendix 3. Electoral Succession in Kano
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Appendix 4. Kano State Movement Debates
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Appendix 5. Authority Structures in Kano State, 1969-70
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Glossary 1. Hausa Terms Used in Text (with Arabic and English Equivalents)
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Glossary 2. Hausa Muslim Names Mentioned in Text (with Arabic Equivalents)
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Glossary 3. Kano Emirate Titles Mentioned in Text
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Bibliography
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Name Index
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Subject Index
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African history; ethnology; ethnology of religion; history; history of Islam; Islam; Islamic history; religion; sociology; sociology of religion

Religion and Political Culture in Kano

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Maps

Tables

Acknowledgments

Note on Language Use and Transliteration

Introduction: Political Culture and the Kano Case Study

1. Religious Identity and Structure

2. The Transition from Traditional to Reformed Tijaniyya

3. The Consolidation of Reformed Tijaniyya

4. Qadiriyya, Mahdiyya, and Usmaniyya

5. Comparative Orientations Toward Authority and Community

6. Emirate Authority and Community

7. The Ideological Basis of Early Emirate Reform

8. The Transition to Kano State

9. Authority and Community in Kano State

10. Comparative Orientations Toward Authority and Community

Conclusion: Religion and Political Culture in Kano

Appendix 1. Bakin Ruwa Ward (Kano City) Religious Survey, 1965

Appendix 2. Succession to Selected Clan and District Headships in Kano Emirate

Appendix 3. Electoral Succession in Kano

Appendix 4. Kano State Movement Debates

Appendix 5. Authority Structures in Kano State, 1969-70

Glossary 1. Hausa Terms Used in Text (with Arabic and English Equivalents)

Glossary 2. Hausa Muslim Names Mentioned in Text (with Arabic Equivalents)

Glossary 3. Kano Emirate Titles Mentioned in Text

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

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