A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal by Allen F. Roberts, Mary Nooter Roberts

A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal

Allen F. Roberts, Mary Nooter Roberts

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A Saint in the Cityexamines the elaborate visual culture of the Mourides, a Senegalese Sufi movement based upon the mystical teachings of Sheikh Amadou Bamba (1953-1927). In the boldly visual city of Dakar, images abound despite the fact that Sene...

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