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

    Central Library One Margaret Mitchell Square , Atlanta, GA, United States

    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 […]

  • Poetic Voices of the Muslim World – The Travelling Word: A West African Epic With Kewulay Kamara and Jali musicians

    Central Library One Margaret Mitchell Square , Atlanta, GA, United States

    With the help of West African Jali musicians, Kewulay Kamara discusses, performs and screens segments of his documentary about his attempt to recreate an ancient oral epic after the only written copy, set down by his father in Kuranko using Arabic script, was destroyed in Sierra Leone's recent Civil War. It is a medley of […]