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Passport to Paradise: Sufi Arts of Senegal and Beyond
URL: http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/paradise/main001.htm

Description:
An exhibit "concerning arts of the Mourides, a mystical Muslim movement originating in Senegal, West Africa." Contains artworks, photographs, and images of writings; and information on Sheikh Amadu Bamba and his teachings, the Mouride work ethic, Sheikh Ibra Fall, women, and the pilgrimage to Touba. Also includes portraits of featured artists. From the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles.

Publisher:
University of California, Los Angeles

Extra Keywords
sufis

Dublin Core Material Type:
Collection, Text, Image

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Art, Islamic
Art, West African
Islamic sects -- Senegal
Mur-id-iyah

LII Database Information:
Record 792 created by Tom McGibney on 12/21/2002
Last modification on 07/10/2004
Published: 12/21/2002  
California Digital Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/792