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The Nation Turbaned? the Construction of Nationalist Muslim Identities in Senegal

The Nation Turbaned? the Construction of Nationalist Muslim Identities in Senegal THE NATION TURBANED? THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONALIST MUSLIM IDENTITIES IN SENEGAL BY ED VAN HOVEN (Leiden University) Every four years a celebration of the cotton harvest is held in the regional town of Tambacounda (Eastern Senegal).' It receives consid- erable attention throughout the country and is widely covered by the press. The festivities are sponsored and organised by the state-owned cotton company Société de Developpement des Fibres Textiles (SODEFITEX). During the festival held in April 1992, the presidential couple was pre- sent to witness a long march headed by 50 carts, pulled by donkeys. Each cart contained a quantity of cotton that symbolised the record production of 50,000 tons of cotton that year. A large carriage that carried a class who had taken a course in one of the national lan- guagcs of Senegal followed the march. The most prominent part in the festivities was played by the so-called 'king and queen of cotton', i.e. the most productive couple of cotton producers that year. Both were dressed in white and seated in an enormous cotton capsule, surrounded by professional praise-singers (griots) who honoured the hard-working couple in typical Senegalese fashion. No less majestic was the reward, handed over http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Africa Brill

The Nation Turbaned? the Construction of Nationalist Muslim Identities in Senegal

Van Hoven, ED
Journal of Religion in Africa , Volume 30 (2): 225 – Jan 1, 2000
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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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THE NATION TURBANED? THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONALIST MUSLIM IDENTITIES IN SENEGAL BY ED VAN HOVEN (Leiden University) Every four years a celebration of the cotton harvest is held in the regional town of Tambacounda (Eastern Senegal).' It receives consid- erable attention throughout the country and is widely covered by the press. The festivities are sponsored and organised by the state-owned cotton company Société de Developpement des Fibres Textiles (SODEFITEX). During the festival held in April 1992, the presidential couple was pre- sent to witness a long march headed by 50 carts, pulled by donkeys. Each cart contained a quantity of cotton that symbolised the record production of 50,000 tons of cotton that year. A large carriage that carried a class who had taken a course in one of the national lan- guagcs of Senegal followed the march. The most prominent part in the festivities was played by the so-called 'king and queen of cotton', i.e. the most productive couple of cotton producers that year. Both were dressed in white and seated in an enormous cotton capsule, surrounded by professional praise-singers (griots) who honoured the hard-working couple in typical Senegalese fashion. No less majestic was the reward, handed over

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