Join the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa for a talk by Mohameden Ahmedou.
Lunch will be served during the talk.
A professional calligrapher and historian of the Arabic script based in Noukachott, Mohameden Ahmedou also helps to oversee his family’s distinctive collection of manuscripts—the Library of Muhammadin ‘Abd as-Samad—in Trarza, Mauritania. He has completed several decorated copies of the Holy Qur’an, including the Mauritanian Mushaf (the first Mauritanian printed copy of Qur’an), with a cover and extensive decorations inventively adapted from wall art.
Committed to reviving the calligraphic traditions of West Africa, Ahmmedou and other calligraphers have created a Mauritanian Association of Arabic Calligraphy and Ornamentation and are establishing an institute for these arts—the first of its kind in Mauritania.
Rebecca Shereikis
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