The Confluence of Religion and Ethnic Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy

Sanya Ojo ()
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Sanya Ojo: University of East London

A chapter in Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship, 2019, pp 45-62 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter draws on religions’ narratives to illustrate how ethnic minorities create new entrepreneurial ventures at the margins of religion and cultural boundaries. Employed as boundary-setters are three mainstream Africans’ individual religion identities, which allow religious norms and cultural values create space for entrepreneurship and interrogate the diaspora nostalgia of ‘home’. Respondents’ ascriptions are explored to illustrate enterprise in the informal and religion/faith contexts and demonstrate how socio-cultural engagements direct and shape ethnic entrepreneurship. Findings point to immigrants’ entrepreneurial adaptation through traditional and dogmatic interpretations of religious beliefs in the informal sector.

Keywords: Religion; Culture; Ethnic entrepreneurship; Black Africans; Informal economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99064-4_4

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