Moroccan calligrapher, Noureddine Daifallah.

Moroccan calligrapher, Noureddine Daifallah.

Fatna Gbouri

Fatna Gbouri


Leaf from volume one  of a decorated two volume set of the Qur’an produced in sub-Saharan (West) Africa in the 13th AH / 19th CE century. Written in Sūdānī script on loose leaves, this manuscript is enclosed in two decorated covers and a leather pouch (satchel).

Leaf from volume one  of a decorated two volume set of the Qur’an produced in sub-Saharan (West) Africa in the 13th AH / 19th CE century. Written in Sūdānī script on loose leaves, this manuscript is enclosed in two decorated covers and a leather pouch (satchel).

Untitled - Farid Belkahia

Untitled - Farid Belkahia

Douentza, Mali, 1985. Eric Stone.

Douentza, Mali, 1985. Eric Stone.

Djenne, Mali, 1985. Eric Stone.

Djenne, Mali, 1985. Eric Stone.

A Tuareg, goat leather panel from Mauritania. 

A Tuareg, goat leather panel from Mauritania. 

Zoomorphic calligraphy for a Sufi tale by Sudanese calligrapher, Hassan Musa. 

Zoomorphic calligraphy for a Sufi tale by Sudanese calligrapher, Hassan Musa. 

A really cool poster featuring the saint Ahmed al-Tijani.

A really cool poster featuring the saint Ahmed al-Tijani.

A diagram of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina that was found among thousands of manuscripts in Timbuktu. | Photo by Brent Stirton/National Geographic, Timbuktu, 2010. 

A diagram of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina that was found among thousands of manuscripts in Timbuktu. | Photo by Brent Stirton/National Geographic, Timbuktu, 2010.