Description
Book SynopsisFocuses on young male migrants of rural origin who move to build better lives in Bougouni, a provincial town of southwest Mali. Based on 18 months of fieldwork, author Andre Chappatte explores their sense of prosperity and piety in what they call ‘tunga’ (adventure), a customary search of money and more dating back from the colonial period.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Style sheet
- Glossary
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Tunga: ‘Tomorrow is in God’s Hands’ [Introduction]
- Part 1: Navigating Street Life and Public Islam
- An Informed Bike Tour of Bougouni
- Public Islam on the street
- Islam under street lighting: an ambiguous ‘civilization’
- Part 2: Motions and Ethics on the Earthly Path
- Struggles for Better Lives in the Hands of God
- The Resilience of Mande Figures of ‘Humanity’
- Social Motions: Chinese Products and Material Modernity.
- The Mercy of the savanna [Conclusion]
- Notes
- Bibliography
