Arts and Crafts of Literacy
Subtitle: Islamic Manuscript Cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa
Publisher: de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9783110541403
Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts; Islam, africa
Description: Most studies of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa mainly aim at serving literary and historical purposes, and focus on the textual dimension. This book advances on the contrary a holistic approach. The contributions cover the different dimensions of the manuscript, i.e. materials, technologies, practices and the communities involved in the production, commercialization, circulation, preservation and consumption.