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Salahaldini Abdourhamane, Poetry In Praise of The Prophet: Bilingual Manuscripts and Their Performance in Timbuktu

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Center for the Study of Manuscript Cultures University of Hamburg Germany, Center of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Center for African Studies
Location
306 Coble Hall 801 S. Wright St. Champaign IL 61820
Date
Nov 14, 2024   4:00 - 5:00 pm  
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The talk focuses on the performance of devotional poetry in Arabic and Songhay during the festival of Prophet Muhammad's Birth in Timbuktu, Mali. 

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