Biografie

Abdoulaye Sounaye

Abdoulaye Sounaye is a senior research fellow and leads the Contested Religion unit at the Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient of Berlin. His current project (Remoboko: Religion, Morality and Boko in West Africa. Students Training for a Good Life) examines religiosity on university campuses in Niger and Nigeria, focusing on Salafism and Pentecostalism. His academic interests lie in the critical examination of the contemporary dynamics and articulations of religion, state, and society. He has published extensively on Salafism in Niger. His most recent book, Islam et Modernité: Contribution à l’analyse de la ré-islamisation au Niger, éditions l’Harmattan, was published in 2016.