Alarama is all at once: preacher, media 'savvy', and religious entrepreneur in Niamey

作者：Sounaye Abdoulaye^*

来源：Journal of African Cultural Studies, 2013, 25(1): 88-102.

DOI：10.1080/13696815.2012.749782

• Islamic discotheque
• religious entrepreneur
• media turn
• urban Islamic culture
• Islam in Niger
• Sermon

In Niger, the role of the media in the re-islamization process that began two decades ago has remained understudied. This article seeks to remedy this gap and discusses a particular example of media usage and appropriation in the urban context of Niamey. It draws on a series of fieldwork studies undertaken in Niamey during the last two years. It focuses on Alarama, a young preacher and one of the most prominent media figures in Niamey. In addition to a series of TV and FM radio programmes he hosts, he has also developed recording and distribution practices that have resulted in the Islamic discotheque, a space that helps him popularize his CD and DVD sermons. I analyse how he has gathered around himself an expanding group of followers, many of whom have developed with him a fan-star relationship. Alarama's case exemplifies the way audiovisual media are constitutive of a new urban Islamic culture, which in return redefines media appropriation and religious imagination.

• 出版日期2013-3-1
• 单位西北大学