Allo kafi gida. Planches contemporaines secrètes du Nigeria septentrional. Beaux-arts speaking to his imagination and

speaking to his imagination and inspiration

constitutes a very broad scientific undertaking

preserved in the library of the Guimet Museum

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felt objects from the 5th-4th centuries BC that have been preserved thanks to frost

Allo kafi gida. Planches contemporaines secrètes du Nigeria septentrional. Beaux-arts speaking to his imagination andThe Quranic tablets called allo kafii gida, preserved by the Hausa ethnic group who inhabit northern Nigeria, are shrouded in secrecy. The Hausa are afraid to reveal to outsiders the auspicious formulas that adorn these objects. And they also refuse to take the risk of displaying representations of human beings and animals in an iconoclastic Islamic context. Even today, radical Islam severely punishes the possession of allo kafii gida with penalties