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15 décembre 2020
- handle: 10670/1.6dfpj1
- isbn: 9789987082971
- eisbn: 9782957305810
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Nathalie Gomes, « Bohras in East Africa: Orthodoxy and Reformism », Africae, ID : 10670/1.6dfpj1
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This chapter analyses the origins as well as the socioeconomic situation of the Bohra communities in East Africa, especially in Kenya. Although particular attention here is focused on the “traditional” mainstream – which is by far the majority – the intention of the study is not to ignore the existence of a minute breakaway “reformist” section, which is very active in the diaspora. Part of the Shia Muslim minority, the Bohra (also known as Daudi Bohra or Dawoodi Tayyibites) are a secondary br...