Poetic Voices of the Muslim World: Islam and The Blues With Dr. Sylviane Diouf

Through images and recordings, Dr. Diouf illustrates how the blues, which originated in the American South, may have evolved from the techniques of the recitation of the Qur’an and the call to prayer in West Africa. Dr. Diouf is an award-winning historian and director of the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library.

Poetic Voices of the Muslim World is presented by Poets House and City Lore, in partnership with the American Library Association and the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. Funded by the Bridging Cultures Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. With additional support from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. Local programming and support developed and provided by the Atlanta Islamic Speakers Bureau.

Sponsored by: City Lore, Poet’s House, American Library Association, National Endowment for the Humanities, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Atlanta Islamic Speakers Bureau

All library programs are free and open to the public.

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