Veiling in Africa

Introduction: veiling/counter-veiling in Sub-Saharan Africa / Elisha P. Renne

Pt. 1. Veiling histories and modernities. Veiling, fashion, and social mobility: a century of change in Zanzibar / Laura Fair ; Veiling without veils: modesty and reserve in Tuareg cultural encounters / Susan J. Rasmussen ; Intertwined veiling histories in Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne

Pt. 2. Veiling and fashion. Religious modesty, fashionable glamour, and cultural text: veiling in Senegal / Leslie W. Rabine ; Modest bodies, stylish selves: fashioning virtue in Niger / Adeline Masquelier ; "Should a good Muslim cover her face?" Pilgrimage, veiling, and fundamentalisms in Cameroon / José C. M. van Santen

Pt. 3. Veiling/counter-veiling. Invoking hijab: the power politics of spaces and employment in Nigeria / Hauwa Mahdi ; "We grew up free but here we have to cover our faces": veiling among Oromo refugees in Eastleigh, Kenya / Peri M. Klemm ; Vulnerability unveiled: Lubna's pants and humanitarian visibility on the verge of Sudan's secession / Amal Hassan Fadlalla.