Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and index.

Gender and Islam in Dogondoutchi -- "Those who pray": religious transformations in the colonial and early postcolonial period -- Debating Muslims, disputed practices: the new public face of Islam -- When charisma comes to town: Malam Awal or the making of a modern saint -- Building a mosque in the home of a spirit: changing topographies of power and piety -- How is a girl to marry without a bed? Weddings, wealth, and women's value -- Fashioning Muslimhood: dress, modesty, and the construction of the virtuous woman -- "The fart does not light the fire": "bad" women, "true" believers, and the reconfiguration of moral domesticity.