Marie Lureau, IFRA’s Research Project Manager, will hold a panel on " Exploring ‘non-religion’ in Africa" at the Lagos Studies Association Conference 2026. This exploratory panel opens the topic of ‘non-religion’ and ‘anti-religion’ as social phenomena, related to a set of intellectual traditions in the contexts of sub-Saharan Africa.
Date & Time: 17 June 2026, 11:00am – 12:30pm
Venue: Room LR 9
You will find below the details of the panel.
Ideological Inheritance of 'Non-Religion' in Northern Nigeria: Historical Roots and Contemporary Manifestations by Yahuza Rabiu Garba (Federal College of Education Technical, Potiskum)
Researching the Unseen: A Netnographic Approach to Atheism Research in Nigeria’s Religious Landscape by Charles E. Ekpo (Arthur Jarvis University)
Beyond Faith: A Critique of Moral Secularism in Wole Soyinka’s Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Boluwatife Joseph Ogungbemi (University of Ibadan)
