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Title: | Modernization and Change in the Nizari Ismaili Community in East Africa: A Perspective |
Author: | Nanji, Azim A. |
Year: | 1974 |
Periodical: | Journal of Religion in Africa |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 123-139 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | East Africa |
Subjects: | Islam Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Religion and Witchcraft Shi'ites |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1594884 |
Abstract: | Modernization needs to be seen as an ongoing process, to which different responses are possible. The Ismaili response can be seen as an attempt to develop a society which, while creating a new system and generating continuous change, would also be able to absorb these changes without breaking at the centre and assure at the same time the continuity of its essential identity and values. This article focuses on two specific developments: 1) the creation of institutions and organizations that have led to a corporate and individual identity, 2) the community's attitude and response to political change in East Africa. The Ismailis are a good example of successful emergence into the modern world without drastic disruption of their equilibrium. Notes. |