As part of the Religious Matters in an Entangled World program, the Madina project, in collaboration with the African Studies Centre at Leiden University and the Institiute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, conducted research on modalities of co-existence of Christians, Muslims and Traditionalists in Madina, a popular area in Ghana’s capital Accra. One of the four PhD researchers, Joseph Fiifi Fosu-Ankrah, defended his thesis Common Grounds online last October. The three remaining PhD candidates will defend their theses on 2 June in the Akademiegebouw, Leiden University:
11.30 am (CEST)
Martin Luther Darko
Religious Coexistence in Health-seeking: An Ethnographic Study in a Pentecostal Hospital, Madina, Accra, Ghana
1.00 pm (CEST) Kauthar Khamis
Beauty in the Zongo: Women Negotiating Religious Co-existence in Accra’s Urban Area of Madina
2.30 pm (CEST)
Rashida Alhassan Adum-Atta
Food and Interreligious Co-existence in Madina
The defences can be attended on location as well as online.
On 3 and 4 June we will hold a workshop on Practices of co-existing in Madina, and beyond. Please save the date.
Date: Tuesday 2 June 2026
Time: 11:30 – 12:30
Location: Academy Building
Rapenburg 73
2311 GJ Leiden
Supervisor(s)
- Prof.dr. R.V. Dijk
- Prof.dr. B. Meyer
- Prof. K. A. Senah