European Conference on African Studies

ECAS 2009
3^rd European Conference on African Studies

Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009

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Panel 80: Religious NGOs as new agents of change in African societies (Marie Nathalie LeBlanc / Muriel Gomez-Perez)

Panel Organiser: Marie Nathalie LeBlanc / Muriel Gomez-Perez

Since the 1980s, NGOs have become central actors of international development and humanitarian help initiatives. Neo-liberal economic policies and processes of political liberalization have facilitated their emergence. Today in African societies, a growing number of NGOs have a religious character. Papers in this panel propose to examine the new social roles of faith-based NGOs.

Accepted Abstracts

Akintunde Dorcas - Abstract

Christian Women's' Groups Initiatives on the challenges of HIV and AIDS in Nigerian Society

Chanfi Ahmed - Abstract

Sunni and Shi'a Islamic NGOs in East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania): African Muslim Agency, Al-Haramayn and Bilal Muslim Mission.

Donald Hammond - Abstract

Theological Issues affecting American Sponsored Christian NGO's in East Africa

Geraldine Mossiere - Abstract

Transforming values and changing belonging: intersecting local and global in grassroot faith based development initiatives in Kinshasa

Gilbert L. Taguem Fah - Abstract

BETWEEN SECULAR AND SPIRITUAL: CONSIDERING ISLAMIC FAITH BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN CAMEROON

Marie Nathalie LeBlanc, Muriel Gomez-Perez and Mathias Savadogo - Abstract

Faith-based NGO and recent religious transformations in West Africa

Marleen Renders - Abstract

Religious NGOs as new agents of change in Africa societies

Mayke Kaag - Abstract

The work of Transnational Islamic NGOs in Africa: Chad and Senegal compared

Samadia Sadouni - Abstract

Muslim NGOs in South Africa and their modes of politicization