The Passport to Paradise gallery highlights the bold, visual images found all over Dakar by focusing upon the urban visual culture of the Mourides, a Senegalese Sufi movement centered upon the life and teachings of a local saint named Sheikh Amadou Bamba.

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Mural of Jesus Christ and Pope John Paul II
Description: This narrative panel from the Bel-Air factory mural of Papisto Boy portrays Jesus Christ and Pope John Paul II. “Jesus is next to the Pope because this is faith. One must have faith in order not to create wars. It is very important to paint people of all religions. Why? Because we have been called to open peoples’ eyes. I painted Pope John Paul II during the Gulf Wars. He wanted to talk to the world to say, ‘We should stop these wars.’”
Publication Date: Publication Date Unknown
AODL Contributing Partner: Passport to Paradise
Copyright: Images and text courtesy of the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, and Drs. Mary Nooter Roberts (Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Fowler) and Allen F. Roberts (Professor, UCLA Department of World Arts & Cultures and Director, James S. Coleman African Studies Center).
Author: Author Unknown
Interviewer: Interviewer Unknown

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