Ramatoullaye : une confrérie musulmane en transition

Abstract

A study of Ramatoullaye, the holy city of the Tidjaniyya confraternity in Burkina Faso, allows for analysis of the way its leaders have met with such challenges as : confrontation with the State, links to globalized Islam, cultural change affecting the new generation of adepts. An approach in terms of action theory and opportunism is privileged in the analysis of the confraternity’s management of local/global relations.