The Presence of Poetry, the Poetry of Presence

The composition and performance of Arabic Sufi poetry is the most characteristic artistic tradition of West African Sufi communities, and yet this tradition has yet to receive the scholarly attention it deserves. In this article, I sketch an outline of a theory of Sufi poetics, and then apply this t...

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Main Author: Ogunnaike, Oludamini (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of Sufi studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 58-97
Further subjects:B contemporary Sufism Ibrahim Niasse literary theory Sufism in Africa Sufi poetry Tijāniyya
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