Frédérick Madore
@fmadore.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin.
Historian of Islam in West Africa and Digital Humanities enthusiast.
https://www.frederickmadore.com/
https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica
Historian of Islam in West Africa and Digital Humanities enthusiast.
https://www.frederickmadore.com/
https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica
Reposted by Frédérick Madore
'Digital Humanities #DH and #AI in #AfricanStudies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives'. Double panel today at #ECAS2025 organised with @fmadore.bsky.social www.ecasconference.org/2025/
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June 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
'Digital Humanities #DH and #AI in #AfricanStudies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives'. Double panel today at #ECAS2025 organised with @fmadore.bsky.social www.ecasconference.org/2025/
I am delighted to be spending May in Paris as a "professeur invité" at the EHESS. My sincere thanks to Marie Miran and Mathieu Terrier for the invitation. I'll be giving four public lectures on my research on the history of Islam and Muslim societies in francophone West Africa since the 1960s
May 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I am delighted to be spending May in Paris as a "professeur invité" at the EHESS. My sincere thanks to Marie Miran and Mathieu Terrier for the invitation. I'll be giving four public lectures on my research on the history of Islam and Muslim societies in francophone West Africa since the 1960s
I'm excited to announce the publication of my new book, a culmination of my research at the @zmo-berlin.bsky.social since 2021 as part of the project "Religion, Morality and Boko in West Africa: Students Training for a Good Life". It is available in open access and can be downloaded for free
📚 Out now:
Religious Activism on Campuses in #Togo and #Benin. #Christian and #Muslim Students Navigating #Authoritarianism and #Laïcité, 1970–2023 by Frédérick Madore @fmadore.bsky.social
De Gruyter 2025, Volume 48 in the series ZMO-Studien. Open Access.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Religious Activism on Campuses in #Togo and #Benin. #Christian and #Muslim Students Navigating #Authoritarianism and #Laïcité, 1970–2023 by Frédérick Madore @fmadore.bsky.social
De Gruyter 2025, Volume 48 in the series ZMO-Studien. Open Access.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
March 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm excited to announce the publication of my new book, a culmination of my research at the @zmo-berlin.bsky.social since 2021 as part of the project "Religion, Morality and Boko in West Africa: Students Training for a Good Life". It is available in open access and can be downloaded for free
Off to Chicago tomorrow for the African Studies Association conference. My forthcoming book Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin will be the focus of an Author Meets Critic panel. If you're at #ASA2024, join us on 12 Dec. (10:15am Purdue Room)
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9...
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9...
December 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Off to Chicago tomorrow for the African Studies Association conference. My forthcoming book Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin will be the focus of an Author Meets Critic panel. If you're at #ASA2024, join us on 12 Dec. (10:15am Purdue Room)
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9...
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9...
Off to Chicago tomorrow for the African Studies Association conference. My forthcoming book "Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin" will be the focus of an "Author Meets Critic" panel. If you're at #ASA2024, join us on 12 December (10:15am Purdue Room)!
www.degruyter.com/document/isb...
www.degruyter.com/document/isb...
Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin
The interplay between religion and student activism at the universities of Abomey-Calavi (Benin) and Lomé (Togo) has often been overlooked, although faith-based organisations and student unions have c...
www.degruyter.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Off to Chicago tomorrow for the African Studies Association conference. My forthcoming book "Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin" will be the focus of an "Author Meets Critic" panel. If you're at #ASA2024, join us on 12 December (10:15am Purdue Room)!
www.degruyter.com/document/isb...
www.degruyter.com/document/isb...
Reposted by Frédérick Madore
@fmadore.bsky.social and I are convening a panel on #DigitalHumanities and #AI in #AfricanStudies #ECAS2025. Please submit your paper before 15th Dec guarant.eu/ecasconferen... #DH #AfricanHistory
Call for Papers - ECAS 2025
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November 29, 2024 at 1:40 PM
@fmadore.bsky.social and I are convening a panel on #DigitalHumanities and #AI in #AfricanStudies #ECAS2025. Please submit your paper before 15th Dec guarant.eu/ecasconferen... #DH #AfricanHistory
Reposted by Frédérick Madore
I've put together a starter pack for Sahel-watchers new to BlueSky. Please suggest others I may have missed! go.bsky.app/CX1DCBE
November 15, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I've put together a starter pack for Sahel-watchers new to BlueSky. Please suggest others I may have missed! go.bsky.app/CX1DCBE
The edited volume "Religiosity on University Campuses in Africa: Trends and Experiences", which I co-edited with Abdoulaye Sounaye, is now in open access. You can download the full book in ZMO's institutional repository:
doi.org/10.58144/202...
doi.org/10.58144/202...
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 AM
The edited volume "Religiosity on University Campuses in Africa: Trends and Experiences", which I co-edited with Abdoulaye Sounaye, is now in open access. You can download the full book in ZMO's institutional repository:
doi.org/10.58144/202...
doi.org/10.58144/202...
The panel proposal "Digital Humanities ( #DH ) and #AI in African Studies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives" that I submitted with Vincent Hiribarren has been accepted for the #ECAS2025. The conference will take place in Prague next year.
frederickmadore.com/conference/d...
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Digital Humanities (DH) and AI in African Studies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives - Frédérick Madore
I am pleased to announce that the panel proposal “Digital Humanities (DH) and AI in African Studies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives” submitted by Vincent Hiribarren and myself ...
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October 14, 2024 at 9:09 AM
The panel proposal "Digital Humanities ( #DH ) and #AI in African Studies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives" that I submitted with Vincent Hiribarren has been accepted for the #ECAS2025. The conference will take place in Prague next year.
frederickmadore.com/conference/d...
frederickmadore.com/conference/d...
The panel proposal "Digital Humanities (DH) and AI in African Studies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives" that I submitted with @bixhiribarren has been accepted for the #ECAS2025. The conference will take place in Prague next year.
https://frederickmadore.com/conference/digit...
https://frederickmadore.com/conference/digit...
December 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
The panel proposal "Digital Humanities (DH) and AI in African Studies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives" that I submitted with @bixhiribarren has been accepted for the #ECAS2025. The conference will take place in Prague next year.
https://frederickmadore.com/conference/digit...
https://frederickmadore.com/conference/digit...
Join us tomorrow at 16:00 (Berlin time) for the launch of the "Islam West Africa Collection" at the @mict_intl. To get the Zoom link, you can register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtduGvrzgrE9TTh-R0lYjsRLNsm9QS_noI
December 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Join us tomorrow at 16:00 (Berlin time) for the launch of the "Islam West Africa Collection" at the @mict_intl. To get the Zoom link, you can register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtduGvrzgrE9TTh-R0lYjsRLNsm9QS_noI
My @remoboko colleague Vincent Favier at @ZMO and Koudbi Kaboré are convening the panel "Training for good life or a good society? Religious students’ individual and collective aspirations in public universities in sub-Saharan Africa" at the #ECAS2023.
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/ecas2023/p/...
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/ecas2023/p/...
December 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
My @remoboko colleague Vincent Favier at @ZMO and Koudbi Kaboré are convening the panel "Training for good life or a good society? Religious students’ individual and collective aspirations in public universities in sub-Saharan Africa" at the #ECAS2023.
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/ecas2023/p/...
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/ecas2023/p/...
Inspired by the @Wikicite initiative, I uploaded the metadata of about 230 references on #Islam in #BurkinaFaso on @wikidata. @WDScholia then generates very interesting visualizations of the research on the topic: https://scholia.toolforge.org/topic/Q3081878
#DH #digitalhumanities
#DH #digitalhumanities
December 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Inspired by the @Wikicite initiative, I uploaded the metadata of about 230 references on #Islam in #BurkinaFaso on @wikidata. @WDScholia then generates very interesting visualizations of the research on the topic: https://scholia.toolforge.org/topic/Q3081878
#DH #digitalhumanities
#DH #digitalhumanities
The double special issue I co-edited with D.Schulz on "Muslim Minorities in Africa" is finally out in Islamic Africa! I feel privileged to have worked with @L_CCollins, G.Vlavonou, K.Langewiesche, @hndzovu, @KMashimi, N.Mwale, N.Mahomed and A.E. Leinweber
https://brill.com/view/journals/iafr/13/1...
https://brill.com/view/journals/iafr/13/1...
December 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
The double special issue I co-edited with D.Schulz on "Muslim Minorities in Africa" is finally out in Islamic Africa! I feel privileged to have worked with @L_CCollins, G.Vlavonou, K.Langewiesche, @hndzovu, @KMashimi, N.Mwale, N.Mahomed and A.E. Leinweber
https://brill.com/view/journals/iafr/13/1...
https://brill.com/view/journals/iafr/13/1...
The @remoboko research group (@ZMO_Berlin) is organizing a workshop on "Religion in higher educational institutions in Africa and beyond". To attend on Zoom, please register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rdOugqDMpEtd8K_lsXCS8mcEFGpSD26ie
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
The @remoboko research group (@ZMO_Berlin) is organizing a workshop on "Religion in higher educational institutions in Africa and beyond". To attend on Zoom, please register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rdOugqDMpEtd8K_lsXCS8mcEFGpSD26ie
My first paper coming from my new research project has just come out in @jmodafstudies. I examine the unique role that Muslim leaders in Togo played in the anti-government protests that broke out in 2017-18 and the Gnassingbé regime's strategic response.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X21000094
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X21000094
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
My first paper coming from my new research project has just come out in @jmodafstudies. I examine the unique role that Muslim leaders in Togo played in the anti-government protests that broke out in 2017-18 and the Gnassingbé regime's strategic response.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X21000094
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X21000094
For updates about our research project "Religion, Morality and Boko in West Africa: Students Training for a Good Life" (Remoboko) @ZMO_Berlin, follow our new Twitter handle @remoboko!
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
For updates about our research project "Religion, Morality and Boko in West Africa: Students Training for a Good Life" (Remoboko) @ZMO_Berlin, follow our new Twitter handle @remoboko!
My latest article, "Muslim Feminist, Media Sensation, and Religious Entrepreneur: Aminata Kane Koné as a Figure of Success in #CIV", is now out in Africa Today for a special issue on religious entrepreneurship!
https://doi.org/10.2979/africatoday.67.2-3.02
https://doi.org/10.2979/africatoday.67.2-3.02
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
My latest article, "Muslim Feminist, Media Sensation, and Religious Entrepreneur: Aminata Kane Koné as a Figure of Success in #CIV", is now out in Africa Today for a special issue on religious entrepreneurship!
https://doi.org/10.2979/africatoday.67.2-3.02
https://doi.org/10.2979/africatoday.67.2-3.02
I am happy to announce that I am starting a new position as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Religion, Morality and Boko in West Africa project at the @ZMO_Berlin in February! Thank you to all the great scholars @UFSahelResearch, @UFGlobalIslam, and @africa_uf!
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I am happy to announce that I am starting a new position as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Religion, Morality and Boko in West Africa project at the @ZMO_Berlin in February! Thank you to all the great scholars @UFSahelResearch, @UFGlobalIslam, and @africa_uf!
My new article is out today in @AfricaIai: "Francophone Muslim intellectuals, Islamic associational life and religious authority in Burkina Faso"
You can read it here:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972020000108
#Islam #Burkina #lwili
You can read it here:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972020000108
#Islam #Burkina #lwili
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
My new article is out today in @AfricaIai: "Francophone Muslim intellectuals, Islamic associational life and religious authority in Burkina Faso"
You can read it here:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972020000108
#Islam #Burkina #lwili
You can read it here:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972020000108
#Islam #Burkina #lwili
Heading to Boston for the #ASA2019 Conference! I will chair a panel on "Muslim Minorities in Africa":
-Ashley E. Leinweber (@MissouriState)
-Dorothea E. Schulz (@WWU_Muenster)
-Katrin Langewiesche (@uni_mainz_eng)
-John Hanson (@IUBHistory)
@africa_uf @UFGlobalIslam
-Ashley E. Leinweber (@MissouriState)
-Dorothea E. Schulz (@WWU_Muenster)
-Katrin Langewiesche (@uni_mainz_eng)
-John Hanson (@IUBHistory)
@africa_uf @UFGlobalIslam
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Heading to Boston for the #ASA2019 Conference! I will chair a panel on "Muslim Minorities in Africa":
-Ashley E. Leinweber (@MissouriState)
-Dorothea E. Schulz (@WWU_Muenster)
-Katrin Langewiesche (@uni_mainz_eng)
-John Hanson (@IUBHistory)
@africa_uf @UFGlobalIslam
-Ashley E. Leinweber (@MissouriState)
-Dorothea E. Schulz (@WWU_Muenster)
-Katrin Langewiesche (@uni_mainz_eng)
-John Hanson (@IUBHistory)
@africa_uf @UFGlobalIslam
A new review of my book "La construction d’une sphère publique musulmane en Afrique de l’Ouest" is now out in the latest issue of The Journal of African History (by Abdoulaye Sounaye) #Islam #BurkinaFaso
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853719000677
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853719000677
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
A new review of my book "La construction d’une sphère publique musulmane en Afrique de l’Ouest" is now out in the latest issue of The Journal of African History (by Abdoulaye Sounaye) #Islam #BurkinaFaso
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853719000677
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853719000677
Remadji Hoinathy (@issafrica), "Les chantiers de la laïcité au #Tchad":
Même si la laïcité demeure une pierre angulaire du vivre-ensemble, les dynamiques actuelles lui prévoient un avenir des plus mouvementé. La question linguistique (arabophones/francophones) est très importante
Même si la laïcité demeure une pierre angulaire du vivre-ensemble, les dynamiques actuelles lui prévoient un avenir des plus mouvementé. La question linguistique (arabophones/francophones) est très importante
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Remadji Hoinathy (@issafrica), "Les chantiers de la laïcité au #Tchad":
Même si la laïcité demeure une pierre angulaire du vivre-ensemble, les dynamiques actuelles lui prévoient un avenir des plus mouvementé. La question linguistique (arabophones/francophones) est très importante
Même si la laïcité demeure une pierre angulaire du vivre-ensemble, les dynamiques actuelles lui prévoient un avenir des plus mouvementé. La question linguistique (arabophones/francophones) est très importante
Koudbi Kaboré (Uni. Joseph Ki-Zerbo): Au #BurkinaFaso, la laïcité est étroitement liée à la gestion du pluralisme religieux par l'État. Bien qu’elles soient importantes, les pratiques traditionnelles et coutumières dans l’espace public sont souvent oubliées dans les analyses.
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Koudbi Kaboré (Uni. Joseph Ki-Zerbo): Au #BurkinaFaso, la laïcité est étroitement liée à la gestion du pluralisme religieux par l'État. Bien qu’elles soient importantes, les pratiques traditionnelles et coutumières dans l’espace public sont souvent oubliées dans les analyses.
Boukary Sangaré (@issafrica, Mali): "La laïcité au Mali: du principe de fondement de la République à la garantie de la diversité sociale et du culte"
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Boukary Sangaré (@issafrica, Mali): "La laïcité au Mali: du principe de fondement de la République à la garantie de la diversité sociale et du culte"