Allo kafii gida : secret Qur'anic boards from northern Nigeria /

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 de...

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Main Author:	Lema, Antoine (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Milan, Italy : Five Continents Editions, [2019]
Subjects:	Qurʼan > Study and teaching > Nigeria. Art, Hausa > Pictorial works. Hausa (African people) > Religion. Cosmology, African. Islamic art and symbolism > Nigeria. Islamic art objects > Nigeria > Pictorial works.

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