| dc.contributor | Diallo, El hadj Alpha Oumar (owner) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Dokkal, Thierno Lamaraana | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Dokkal, Fuuta Jalon, Guinea | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-25T19:52:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-25T19:52:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-08-10 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | M. Lamine Diallo and Fallou Ngom. 2016. African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Fuuta Jalon Pular Ajami Manuscripts. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/18704 | |
| dc.description | The entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Because of the large size of this manuscript, it is also available in three PDF files. In addition, each page is available as a separate, larger, JPG file. If higher-resolution JP2 files are needed (WARNING: files average 15-20MB in size), please contact open-help@bu.edu. Fieldwork Team: Mouhamadou L. Diallo (Lecturer of Wolof & Pular Languages) and Ahmed Diallo (Research Assistant). Technical Team: Dr. Vika Zafrin (Digital Scholarship Librarian, BU Libraries), Professor Fallou Ngom (Professor of Anthropology), Dr. Peter Quella (Assistant Director, African Studies Center), and Sarah Davis Westwood (PhD Candidate, Department of History). This collection of Fuuta Jalon Pular Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. This project is funded by the BU African Studies Center. We thank Prof. Tim Longman, past Director of the African Studies Center, and the entire African Studies team for their support. For Inquiries: Please contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The material talks about a tribute to the Prophet Muhammad. The material was written in 1935 in Dokkal, Fuuta Jalon. The material was digitized in Dakar, Senegal. The video contains El hadj Alpha Oumar Diallo sharing biographical information and details related to the acquisition and contents of these Ajami materials. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The contents of this collection were developed with support of the Title VI National Resource Center grant # P015A140088 from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 28 page unbound manuscript | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | paper | en_US |
| dc.language | Pular (with some Arabic loanwords and phrases). Script: Pular Ajami. | |
| dc.language.iso | fuc | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Access is for research and educational purposes only. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Manuscript | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pular language | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ajami script | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fuuta Jalon community | en_US |
| dc.subject | Islam | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tribute | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prophet Muhammad | en_US |
| dc.title | Waccugol Nelaaɗo | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Praise for the Prophet Muhammad | en_US |
| dc.type | Manuscript | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | African Language Program, African Studies Center, Boston University | en_US |
