A Vital Matters Artwork: Restaurant doors depicting Sheikh Amadou Bamba and Ibra Fall

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Restaurant doors depicting Sheikh Amadou Bamba and Ibra Fall

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MUSEUM LABEL

Unidentified artist(s)

Restaurant doors depicting Sheikh Amadou Bamba and Ibra Fall; Mid to late 20th century

Dakar, Senegal

Metal, pigment

H: 205 cm, W: 65 cm, D: 16 cm

Fowler Museum at UCLA; X99.51.1A, B; Museum purchase

Unidentified artist(s)

Restaurant doors depicting Sheikh Amadou Bamba and Ibra Fall; Mid to late 20th century

Dakar, Senegal

Metal, pigment

H: 205 cm, W: 65 cm, D: 16 cm

Fowler Museum at UCLA; X99.51.1A, B; Museum purchase

Unidentified artist(s)

Restaurant doors depicting Sheikh Amadou Bamba and Ibra Fall; Mid to late 20th century

Dakar, Senegal

Metal, pigment

H: 205 cm, W: 65 cm, D: 16 cm

Fowler Museum at UCLA; X99.51.1A, B; Museum purchase

DESCRIPTION

Senegalese Mourides, devotees of the Sufi Muslim saint Sheikh Amadou Bamba (1853–1927), ground their faith in following his example and teachings, which stress dignity, pacifism, diligence, and industriousness. In the late twentieth century, depictions of Bamba proliferated throughout the urban fabric of Dakar. Homes and places of work there are still adorned with images of the saint and his lead disciple, Ibra Fall. The two figures, seen here on a pair of doors that once marked the threshold of a restaurant, blessed patrons while simultaneously serving as reminders of Bamba’s perseverance and the central Mouride belief in self-reliant work as a form of prayer.

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Visualizing the Saint: Iconography of Sheikh Amadou Bamba

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11 PEOPLE

Azizah

Ali

School Administrator

Islah LA

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Youssef

Carter

Assistant Professor and Kenan Rifai Fellow in Islamic Studies

Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Ramy

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Writer, Performer, and Storyteller

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Hakim

Executive Director, ILM (Intellect Love Mercy) Foundation

Founder of INKERIJ

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Kishimoto

UCLA graduate

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Lindsey-Ali

Educator, Author, Curator, and Researcher

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Azizah

Ali

School Administrator

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Carter

Assistant Professor and Kenan Rifai Fellow in Islamic Studies

Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Umar

Hakim

Executive Director, ILM (Intellect Love Mercy) Foundation

Founder of INKERIJ

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Kishimoto

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Educator, Author, Curator, and Researcher

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Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Umar

Hakim

Executive Director, ILM (Intellect Love Mercy) Foundation

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7 THEMES

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Saint in the City (exhibition catalog)
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780930741938Exhibition
//argus.fowler.ucla.edu/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAFG&record=87ce4c2c-b4b9-474c-973e-f1dec6f0cc7eAnnotated 3D model
https://skfb.ly/oGzNZoQOCVBamba
Stories of Belief–Muslim Prayer Boards of West Africa (public program)
https://youtu.be/l28VobE5nAA

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