Book chapter written by 2008 DPDF Muslim Modernities Fellow Abdoulaye Sounaye, featured in the book Cultural Entrepreneurship in Africa, edited by Ute Röschenthaler and Dorothea Schulz:

This book seeks to widen perspectives on entrepreneurship by drawing attention to the diverse and partly new forms of entrepreneurial practice in Africa since the 1990s. Contrary to widespread assertions, figures of success have been regularly observed in Africa since pre-colonial times. The contributions account for these historical continuities in entrepreneurship, and identify the specifically new political and economic context within which individuals currently probe and invent novel forms of enterprise. Based on ethnographically contextualized life stories and case studies of female and male entrepreneurs, the volume offers a vivid and multi-perspectival account of their strategies, visions and ventures in domains as varied as religious proselytism, politics, tourism, media, music, prostitution, funeral organization, and education. African cultural entrepreneurs have a significant economic impact, attract the attention of large groups of people, serve as role models for many youths, and contribute to the formation of new popular cultures.

Publication Details

Title
Let’s Do Good for Islam: Two Muslim Entrepreneurs in Niamey, Niger
Authors
Sounaye, Abdoulaye
Publisher
Routledge
Publish Date
November 2015
Citation
Sounaye, Abdoulaye, Let's Do Good for Islam: Two Muslim Entrepreneurs in Niamey, Niger (Routledge, November 2015).
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