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Title:Islamic affiliations and urban adaptation: the Sisala migrant in Accra, Ghana
Author:Grindal, Bruce T.
Year:1973
Periodical:Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:43
Issue:4
Pages:333-346
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:Sisala
urbanization
conversion
External links:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1159260
https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1973-043-00-000028
Abstract:This study sets out to explain the relatively high incidence of Islamic affiliation among traditionally non-Islamic Sisala migrants living in the migrant community of Mamobi in Accra, Ghana. The Sisala people are situated primarily in north-western Ghana, but include a small population in Upper Volta. Migration creates a psycho-social and psycho-cultural hiatus wherein the migrant perceives himself as alone and unprotected, lacking the means by which to resolve his problems and anxieties. Affiliation with the Islam, which occupies a superior status as a universal religion, provides an identity nexus which serves to differentiate the migrant from his unacculturated and pagan tribesmen in the North. Table, summary.
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