Book

  1. Olali, D., Nationhood, Scripturalization, Heritage: A Comparative Study of How Sacred Text Makes and Unmakes Peoples, Submitted ms, Chicago University Press
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Journal Articles

  1. Olali, D., “The Abiku Complex: Comparative Heritage, Paleoviolence, and the Recursive Structure of Diaspora.” Unpublished manuscript, 2026. Under consideration at Journal of Religion in Africa.
  2. Olali, D., “Inheriting Sacred Violence: Toward a Theory of Paleoviolence for Comparative Heritage.” Unpublished manuscript. Under consideration at Method and Theory in the Study of Religion.
  3. Olali, D., “Danwabi and the Sahel: Islamic Scripturalization and the Limits of the Spirit-Child Archive.” Unpublished manuscript. Under consideration
  4. Olali, D., “White(ning) Scripture, the Invention of Satan, and a Heritage of Terror,” in NOESIS African Journal of Contemporary Trends in Religion and Society (NACTORS), volume 3: e-ISSN 1595-5729, chapter 2, 36-63 (download pdf)
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