A L L O K A F I G I D A
SECRET QUR’ANIC BOARDS FROM NORTHERN NIGERIA
24.5 x 34 cm, 224 pages
163 colour illustrations
Hardcover
ISBN 9788874398744
US $ 75.00 | Can $ 100.00 | £ 60.00 | € 65.00
French edition also available
ISBN 9788874398737
ALLO KAFI GIDA
SECRET QUR’ANIC BOARDS
FROM NORTHERN NIGERIA
Antoine Lema
The artists who ornamented these
Qur’anic panels were not simply illustrators;
they were nothing short of accomplished
storytellers. They portrayed graphic
narratives epitomizing the cosmic visions of
their society. Through their artistic creativity,
they managed to integrate disparate ideas
from far-off geographies into the Hausa
cosmology, thus transforming these allo kafi
gida boards into cosmological time
capsules. Still today, the possession of an
allo kafi gida is punishable by harsh
treatment at the hands of Islamic
fundamentalists, sometime extending to
the death penalty. Had they not been
salvaged over the years, religious zealots
would likely have destroyed every board
presented in this book.
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