FAITH IN GUINEA: BETWEEN OPENNESS AND RIGOR

FAITH IN GUINEA: BETWEEN OPENNESS AND RIGOR
Imam getting ready to perform a Muslim baby naming ceremony in Macenta, ethnic-konianke community, Forest Region, Republic of Guinea

In memory of Kanséréba Keita, who left us too early.

In Republic of Guinea, over the last decades, traditional and mystical tradition of Western African Islam (Sufism) has been progressively replaced by a more rigorist version of Islam imported from outside (notably Wahhabism from Saudi Arabia). The impact on Guinean people’s ways of life, including women’s dressing code, is noticeable. Despite this trend, Guinean people have shown their rejection of Salafi-inspired violence. .Continue...

Pictures taken from 2013 to 2016 – Text from December 2020.