Utrecht University, 6 April 2018, Janskerkhof 13, Stijlkamer (006)

4th workshop of the Madina project, 10.00-17.15

Convened by Martha Frederiks and Birgit Meyer

Program

10.00-10.05: Welcome

10.05-10.45:

The Madina Project: Studying Religion in and from Africa

Birgit Meyer

10.45-11.25:

Christian Perceptions of the Muslim Other

Martha Frederiks

11.25-11.40 break

11.40-12.20

Making History in Madina: The Damma and Adosa Festivals of the Mampruse and Kotokoli. 

Samuel Aniegye Ntewusu

12.20-13.00: 

‘Mallams are just like Pastors’: Islamic Clerics and their Clients in Madina

Kodjo Senah

13.00-13.40 Lunch

13.40-14.20:

Neoliberalism and the Crisscrossing of Religious Boundaries Among Muslims and Christians in Zongo Communities in Accra

Charles Prempeh

14.20-15.00

Unmuting the Voices of the Abrahamic Little Children

Rabiatu Ammah

15.00-15.10: break

15.10-15.50

God’s Police, God’s Opponents and the Question of God’s power: Witchcraft and Religious Identities in Southwestern Nigeria 

Judith Bachmann

15.50-16.30

When the Drumbeat Changes You Change the Style of Your Dance: A Case for Christian-Muslim Peaceful Co-existence in Madina

Johnson Mbillah

16.30-17.15: comments by Marloes Janson and Rijk van Dijk (invited), final discussion