Why read A Saint in the City?

Book cover of A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal

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"A Saint in the City" examines the elaborate visual culture of the Mourides, a Senegalese Sufi movement based upon the mystical teachings of Sheikh Amadou Bamba (1953-1927). In the boldly visual city of Dakar, images abound despite the fact that Senegal is largely a Muslim country. Vibrant street murals, calligraphy…

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William Gallois

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Have you ever read a book about a place which then allowed you to see that location in utterly new and thrilling ways?

As well as being a great study of a wonderful artistic culture, this is, for me, one of the greatest studies of a city and the place of its people, their beliefs, and their art in making it unique.

If that was not enough, it also constitutes one of the most important bodies of conceptual and theoretical thinking about the nature and character of Islamic art.

From William's list on Islamic art and it's hidden beauty.