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Remapping the study of Islam and Muslim cultures in postcolonial Nigeria

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Musa Ibrahim Open the ORCID record for Musa Ibrahim [Opens in a new window]  and
Sara Katz
Musa Ibrahim*
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana/University of Florida Center for African Studies, Gainesville, USA/University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Sara Katz*
Affiliation:
Duke University, Durham, USA
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Islam and Muslim cultures in Nigeria
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Africa , Volume 92 , Issue 5 , November 2022 , pp. 663 - 677
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