Enlivening Prayers: Aesthetic and Function in the Supplicatory Odes of Shaykh Abū Bakr Atiƙu (Kano, Nigeria, d. 1974).
This article analyzes Sufi supplications in the poetic works of Shaykh Abū Bakr ʿAtīq b. Khiḍr b. Abī Bakr b. Mūsā al-Kashināwī (1909–1974), known in Hausa as Shehi Abubakar Atiƙu Sanka. It examines the literary and aesthetic aspects of Atiƙu's supplicatory odes, as well as their social and politica...
| Publicado en: | Journal of African Cultural Studies Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 515 - 536 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2024
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