ALMAJIR' TRAINING CENTRE, ZARIA
ALMAJIR' TRAINING CENTRE, ZARIA
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Date
1992-11
Authors
ADAM, ABDULLAH ISA
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ABSTRACT
The male Qur'anic student who leaves his
home town to another town in search of Islamic
scholarship (Almajir), has for long consistitude
a socio-religious problem to the North by his act
of begging.
Efforts in the past to temporarily resettle
them when important dignitaries visit our capitals,
have proved ineffective. There, therefore arises
the need to find a lasting solution to the act of
begging. studies are carried to find the origin
and aim of the culture and why they beg. There is
no single building ever built to cater and provide
all the facilities intended for this project.
This design, in essence, is a hybrid of functions
which are the products of an intense research into
the needs, yearnings and aspirations of the Almajir
and an architectural Injection of other auxiliary
facilities which is anticipated to satisfy and
catalyse the successful grooming of the Almajir
in this centre.
The centre is to train the 'Almajir'
educationally, socially, vocationally and otherwise
towards their full integration into the larger
society after graduation.
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Department of Architecture
Faculty of Environmental Design
Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria| Nigeria.
Keywords
'ALMAJIR',, TRAINING,, CENTRE,, ZARIA,, A r c h i t e c t u r a l,, C o n t r i b u t i o n,, Socio-religion,, problem