No. 24 (2017): Les acteurs religieux africains à l’ère du numérique

Coordinated by Pamela Millet-Mouity and Frédérick Madore

This issue of Émulations aims to shed a multidisciplinary light on the new realities induced by the arrival of digital media in the religious sectors of Subsaharian Africa. Studying  new fields, the authors analyzed the use of digital media by various religious groups and charismatic figures of different faiths in five countries (Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo. Each contribution questions the multiple tinkerings, ramifications, circulations and conflicts at work in the “African religious” in the digital age, considering discourses and representations as well as practices. This issue also features an interview with Rosalind J. Hackett, pioneer in Religion and Media in Africa research, and a conclusion from Katrien Pype. This special issue is thus meant as an original contribution to a region that has been relatively left out in Digital Religion Studies.