PORTRAIT OF THE ALMAJIRI: A STUDY OF THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES IN PAINTING

📄 Project Abstract

PORTRAIT OF THE ALMAJIRI: A STUDY OF THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES IN PAINTING is aimed at bringing to people's knowledge the correct use of the word 'Almajiri' its origin, development and the present destitute state of the Almajiri. The study was motivated by the ongoing events of destitution, poor living conditions and their abuse by both social miscreants and the Mallams who abuse them. The Almajiri is a boy-scholar who goes to a town outside his hometown against the backdrop of the primary aim of learning the Qur'an. The intention of the research is to raise awareness on the societal ills the Almajiri cause and the ones they suffer. The survey for the research was based on actual visits paid to the various places, which negates the primary aim that has brought them to their town of Quranic study. In the methodology, sketches were made from poses assumed by the Almajiri. The other sketches were based on imaginative composition and photographs taken of the Almajiri. The research was not und...