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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 Osama bin Laden Next to the Falling World Trade Center |
| Description: In this detail from his Bel-Air factory mural, Papisto Boy depicts Osama bin Laden next to the falling towers of the World Trade Center. “Blood in the mountain” is written above the image in reference to the tragedy of September 11th, 2001, while a finger points at bin Laden in condemnation. Papisto explains: “I put this here as a historical document. We know that bin Laden is an evil-doer, and that he is crazy. He pretends otherwise, but here in Senegal, we do not accept that. We know perfectly well that he has done damage all over the world. Here in Senegal, they staged a reunion with presidents from many different countries, fourteen of them [this a reference to an anti-terrorism conference called by President Abdoulaye Wade]. There were big personalities, they spoke of this on radio, on television, and there were a lot of people. Why? Because people here do not accept him [bin Laden]. His idea is not good for Africans. His people have a lot of money, but they do not help us. They build mosques, but they should be giving money to Africa for food or for medical care. Or they could be building maternities and hospitals. They are not doing that. They make money and buy weapons to make violence. The hand means that he is guilty. This is not a person who tells the truth. I put a serpent in the image because serpents are very, very, very provocative. The serpent is ready to attack.” |
| 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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Sampling
from L'Institut Fondemental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN)
Phil Curtin Collection
Collection Boubacar Barry
Collection Charles Becker: Recherches et documents sur
le Sida
Photographs from “Passport to Paradise’:
Sufi Arts of Senegal and Beyond
Mosques of Bondoukou
Futa
Toro, Senegal and Mauritania
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