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Author : Michelle Apotsos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317275558

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Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa by Michelle Apotsos Pdf

Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa shows you the relationship between architecture and Islamic identity in West Africa. The book looks broadly across Muslim West Africa and takes an in-depth study of the village of Larabanga, a small Muslim community in Northern Ghana, to help you see how the built environment encodes cultural history through form, material, and space, creating an architectural narrative that outlines the contours of this distinctive Muslim identity. Apotsos explores how modern technology, heritage, and tourism have increasingly affected the contemporary architectural character of this community, revealing the village’s current state of social, cultural, and spiritual flux. More than 60 black and white images illustrate how architectural components within this setting express the distinctive narratives, value systems, and realities that make up the unique composition of this Afro-Islamic community.

Author : Alisa LaGamma,Yaëlle Biro,Mamadou Cissé,David C. Conrad,Souleymane Bachir Diagne,Roderick McIntosh,Paulo F. de Moraes Farias,Giulia Paoletti,Ibrahima Thiaw
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588396877

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Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara by Alisa LaGamma,Yaëlle Biro,Mamadou Cissé,David C. Conrad,Souleymane Bachir Diagne,Roderick McIntosh,Paulo F. de Moraes Farias,Giulia Paoletti,Ibrahima Thiaw Pdf

This groundbreaking volume examines the extraordinary artistic and cultural traditions of the African region known as the western Sahel, a vast area on the southern edge of the Sahara desert that includes present-day Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. This is the first book to present a comprehensive overview of the diverse cultural achievements and traditions of the region, spanning more than 1,300 years from the pre Islamic period through the nineteenth century. It features some of the earliest extant art from sub Saharan Africa as well as such iconic works as sculptures by the Dogon and Bamana peoples of Mali. Essays by leading international scholars discuss the art, architecture, archaeology, literature, philosophy, religion, and history of the Sahel, exploring the unique cultural landscape in which these ancient communities flourished. Richly illustrated and brilliantly argued, Sahel brings to life the enduring forms of expression created by the peoples who lived in this diverse crossroads of the world.

Author : Mbaye Lo,Carl W. Ernst
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469674681

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I Cannot Write My Life by Mbaye Lo,Carl W. Ernst Pdf

Omar ibn Said (1770–1863) was a Muslim scholar from West Africa who spent more than fifty years enslaved in the North Carolina household of James Owen, brother of Governor John Owen. In 1831 Omar composed a brief autobiography, the only known narrative written in Arabic by an enslaved person in North America, and he became famous for his Arabic writings. His enslavers also provided him with an Arabic Bible and claimed Omar as a convert to Christianity, prompting wonder and speculation among amateur scholars of Islam, white slave owners, and missionaries. But these self-proclaimed experts were unable or unwilling to understand Omar's writings, and his voice was suppressed for two centuries. Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst here weave fresh and accurate translations of Omar's eighteen surviving writings, for the first time identifying his quotations from Islamic theological texts, correcting many distortions, and providing the fullest possible account of his life and significance. Placing Omar at the center of a broader network of the era's literary and religious thought, Lo and Ernst restore Omar's voice, his sophisticated engagement with Islamic and Christian theologies, his Arabic skills, and his extraordinary efforts to express himself and exert agency despite his enslavement.

Author : Christiane J. Gruber
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780253353771

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The Islamic Manuscript Tradition by Christiane J. Gruber Pdf

The rich and varied traditions of Islamic book art

Author : David Robinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 052153366X

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Muslim Societies in African History by David Robinson Pdf

Examining a series of processes (Islamization, Arabization, Africanization) and case studies from North, West and East Africa, this book gives snapshots of Muslim societies in Africa over the last millennium. In contrast to traditions which suggest that Islam did not take root in Africa, author David Robinson shows the complex struggles of Muslims in the Muslim state of Morocco and in the Hausaland region of Nigeria. He portrays the ways in which Islam was practiced in the pagan societies of Ashanti (Ghana) and Buganda (Uganda) and in the ostensibly Christian state of Ethiopia - beginning with the first emigration of Muslims from Mecca in 615 CE, well before the foundational hijra to Medina in 622. He concludes with chapters on the Mahdi and Khalifa of the Sudan and the Murid Sufi movement that originated in Senegal, and reflections in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001.

Author : James Morris,Suzanne Preston Blier
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568984131

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Butabu by James Morris,Suzanne Preston Blier Pdf

This volume examines the complex technique of wet earth construction, as practised in parts of West Africa. It includes a variety of structures, ranging from small huts to mosques, including the mosque at Dougoumba which dates from the 12th century.

Author : Raoul Granqvist
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9171063307

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Culture in Africa by Raoul Granqvist Pdf

Author : Simon Ottenberg
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114565323

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Igbo Art and Culture, and Other Essays by Simon Ottenberg Pdf

Author : Stéphane Pradines
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004472617

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Historic Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa by Stéphane Pradines Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive synthesis on mosques in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing together sites from more than twenty states from sub-Saharan Africa; and more than 285 monuments, from the IXth to the XIXth centuries.

Author : Susan Sinclair
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1508 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047412076

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Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World (2 vols.) by Susan Sinclair Pdf

Following the tradition and style of the acclaimed Index Islamicus, the editors have created this new Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World. The editors have surveyed and annotated a wide range of books and articles from collected volumes and journals published in all European languages (except Turkish) between 1906 and 2011. This comprehensive bibliography is an indispensable tool for everyone involved in the study of material culture in Muslim societies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : MINN:31951P011888129

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The Rutgers Art Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Gallois
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780271096162

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Qayrawān by William Gallois Pdf

Author : Cleo Cantone
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004217508

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Making and Remaking Mosques in Senegal by Cleo Cantone Pdf

This book constitutes a seminal contribution to the fields of Islamic architectural history and gender studies. It is the first major empirical study of the history and current state of mosque building in Senegal and the first study of mosque space from a gender perspective. The author positions Senegalese mosques within the field of Islamic architectural history, unraveling their history through pre-colonial travelers’ accounts to conversations with present-day planners, imams and women who continually shape and reshape the mosques they worship in. Using contemporary Dakar as a case study, the book’s second aim is to explore the role of women in the “making and remaking” of mosques. In particular, the rise of non-tariqa grass-roots movements (i.e.: the “Sunni/Ibadou” movement) has empowered women (particularly young women) and has greatly strengthened their capacity to use mosques as places of spirituality, education and socialization. The text is aimed at several specialized readerships: readers interested in Islam in West Africa, in the role of women in Islam, as well as those interested in the sociology and art-history of mosques.

Author : Liora Bigon,Edna Langenthal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000916911

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Splintering Towers of Babel by Liora Bigon,Edna Langenthal Pdf

Splintering Towers of Babel focuses on and redefines soft infrastructures and critical infrastructure projects. It explores key issues in contemporary urban studies including town planning histories, architecture, heritage, colonialism and postcolonialism, philosophy, and ethics. The book combines transdisciplinary perspectives on the key historical, philosophical, and political issues associated with urban experiences, built forms, and infrastructure networks. It explores uneven dimensions in contemporary urbanisms and develops spatial phenomenological thinking with reference to the northern and southern hemispheres. This book connects the past and the present, in addition to Western and global South geographies, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Its main contribution is to broaden readers' understanding of infrastructure through the lens of the humanities and to engage with political, poetical, and ethical perspectives. This book is tailored to scholars working in the fields of urban planning, urban geography, architectural history, urban design, infrastructure studies, colonial and postcolonial studies, African studies, and philosophy.

Author : Marcus Milwright,Evanthia Baboula
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780228013259

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Made for the Eye of One Who Sees by Marcus Milwright,Evanthia Baboula Pdf

Canada has seen the study of Islamic art and archeology grow steadily over the last five decades, with growth in research and teaching across numerous Canadian universities as well as important collections of Islamic art and archaeological materials, most notably at the Royal Ontario Museum and the Aga Khan Museum. Made for the Eye of One Who Sees uncovers the contributions of scholars and museum curators at Canadian institutions to current scholarship on Islamic art. Employing a wide range of approaches and theoretical perspectives, contributors cover topics from across the Islamic world dating from the eighth century to the present. Subjects include the iconography of architectural design and decoration, the role of Qur’anic inscriptions, the representation of symbolic animals in sculpture, and the interpretation of Persian manuscript painting. The book also juxtaposes modern and contemporary worlds, providing insightful reflections on the early history of the Islamic collections at the Royal Ontario Museum, Matisse’s creative encounter with Byzantine and Islamic visual culture, and the ongoing dialogue between new media and the traditional concepts underpinning Islamic art. Bringing together recent scholarship on Islamic art, architecture, and archaeology, Made for the Eye of One Who Sees provides an overview of the important contributions Canada is making to this rich and evolving field of study.