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Diaspora, faith, and science

In Africa Affairs a Ellen E. Foley and Cheikh Anta Babou paper on the Building of a Mouride hospital in Senegal:
courtesy of ajayiandellen
it examines a development initiative spearheaded by the members of a transnational diaspora – the creation of a medical hospital in the holy city of Touba in central Senegal. Although the construction of the hospital is decidedly a philanthropic project, Hôpital Matlaboul Fawzaini is better understood as part of the larger place-making project of the Muridiyya and the pursuit of symbolic capital by a particular Mouride dahira. The dahira's project illuminates important processes of forging global connections and transnational localities, and underscores the importance of understanding the complex motivations behind diaspora development.

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