Allo Kafii Gida
Secret Qur'anic Boards from Northern Nigeria
$157.01
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
25 September 2019
Summary
Secrecy is the common feature of the so-called allo kafii gida Qur’anic writing boards used by the Hausa of northern Nigeria. While on the one hand their owners share a barely concealed reluctance to reveal the auspicious epigrams decorating these artefacts, on the other they exhibit a clear desire to avoid displaying images of animals and human beings that might cause repercussions in an iconoclastic Islamic context. One need only consider that even today possessing an allo kafii gida incurs…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9788874398744 |
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| ISBN-10: | 8874398743 |
| Author: | Antoine Lema |
| Publisher: | Five Continents Editions |
| Imprint: | Five Continents Editions |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 25 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.83kg |
| Dimensions: | 340mm x 245mm |
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About The Author
Antoine Lema
Antoine Lema is a sociologist (PhD) at Lund University, Sweden, with an engaging passion for photography and the exploration of visual arts, but particularly primary African Arts. The subject of his thesis was ‘The Ethnicity of Civil Wars in Africa’ (Lund,1993). For the past 20 years, he has worked as a World Bank expert in Washington DC, travelling extensively in Africa, not forgetting his passions. In 2008, he initiated and together with the art curator organised the Africa Now exhibition at the World Bank in Washington, DC. Showcasing the works of 160 artists in design, poetry, film, sculptures, paintings and photography, the event was considered the largest representation ever of African artists at one single exhibition. Allo Kafi Gida is the first of his African Art narratives to be published.
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