Fallou Fall is a graphic artist and calligrapher born and raised on the outskirts of Dakar, in the locales of Pikine and Guédiawaye. He was trained in the technique of West African calligraphy and in the mystical significance of the Arabic alphabet by his father, renowned international artist Yelimane Fall. Fallou Fall is part of the Mouridiyya and is learned in both the Holy Quran, and the teachings and khassaides (poetry) of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba. He continues to develop the West African calligraphic style, creating large and medium sized multi-media artworks centered on Islam, the poetry of Ahmadou Bamba, and themes of social importance. Fallou is the Artistic Director of the West African Calligraphy Institute, which is centered on arts education and social activism through the cultural preservation of Arabic calligraphic forms indigenous to West Africa.