Conversion in Context: Rethinking Religious Change in Colonial Western Kenya
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On July 19 and 20, 2022, the African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) hosted a symposium, "Religious Practices, Transmission, and Literacies in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia." The symposium featured the presentations of seven scholars who conducted two-week research residencies in the AMED Reading Room between June 1 and July 15, 2022. The residencies and symposium are part of the Exploring Challenging Conversations project generously funded by a planning grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. The purpose of the initiative was to enhance public awareness of cross-regional and intercultural religious understanding in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and their global diaspora. ; ; Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton is an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. ; ; Abstract: This presentation discusses the little-known "Mohamedan movement" that emerged near Mumias in Western Kenya in 1926. According to administrative records, leaders
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