Sufi Sounds of Senegal

Sendra Fernandez, Estrella

Abstract

Senegalese scholar, writer and musician Felwine Sarr suggests that the African continent is shaped by the ‘delocalisation of its presence in a perpetual future’, that is, a vision of what it will be; an incomplete present. An Afrotopia possible only through a spiritual, musical revolution.

Citation

Sendra Fernandez, E. (2019). Sufi Sounds of Senegal. Critical Muslim, 32, 93-102

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 7, 2019
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 7, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 7, 2020
• Journal: Critical Muslim
• Print ISSN: 2048-8475
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 32
• Pages: 93-102
• Keywords: Sufi, Muridism, Senegal, Music, Religion, Popular Art
• Publisher URL: https://www.criticalmuslim.io/category/issues/32-2-music/
• Related Public URLs: https://criticalmuslim.com/issues/32-music
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