In 1987, Nja Mahdaoui was invited by the French engraver Marc Pessin to create an exclusive grapheme for a limited-edition (15/15) art book of Léopold Sédar Senghor’s poetry, Élégie des circoncis, Nocturnes. The book is published by “Le Verbe et l’Empreinte” Atelier d’art and presented in the presence of the poet in Vorèpe, France.