Minanul Baaxil Xadiim buñu Wolofal: Ñaareelu Xaaj
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The entire manuscript is available for download below as a single PDF file. Because of the extremely large size of this manuscript, it is also available in eight PDF files. In addition, each page is available as a separate, larger, JPG file. If higher-resolution JP2 files are needed (WARNING: files average 11-14MB in size), please contact dcommon-help@bu.edu.
Fieldwork Team: Dr. Fallou Ngom (PI), Cheikh Tidiane Fall (Co-applicant), Ablaye Diakite (Researcher), Birane Gassama (Researcher).
Technical Team: Roger Brisson (Head of Metadata Services, BU Libraries), Vika Zafrin (Institutional Repository Librarian, BU Libraries), Jack Ammerman (Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Open Access, BU Libraries), and Dr. Peter Quella.
This collection of Wolofal (Wolof Ajami) materials is copied as part of the EAP 334 Project (Digital Preservation of Wolof Ajami manuscripts of Senegal) led by Dr. Fallou Ngom in collaboration with WARA/WARC and Boston University Library. The project is funded by the British Library/Arcadia Endangered Archives.
Access Condition and Copyright: The materials are subject to copyright. Access is for research and educational purposes only. Materials are not to be reproduced without written permission.
Citation: Materials in this web edition may be cited as: Ngom, Fallou. 2011. African Ajami Library: EAP 334. Digital Preservation of Wolof Ajami Manuscripts of Senegal. Boston: Boston University Library: http://dcommon.bu.edu
For Inquires: Please, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu)
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Date Issued
2012-06-12
Permanent Link
https://hdl.handle.net/2144/3829Abstract
The materials are the second volume of the Murid internal biography of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba translated into Wolof using Ajami. The orginal biography was written by Serigne Bassirou Mbacke (1895-1966), a disciple and a son of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba. Recognizing that many Murid disciples are literate in Wolofal (Wolof Ajami script) but are illiterate in Arabic, Serigne Moustapha-Bassirou (1928-2007) led a team of Murid scholars to translate his father's Arabic biography of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba into Wolof using the widely known Wolof Ajami script. Based upon the interviewer with several Murid scholars, the original source in Arabic was completed around 1927 and the Wolofal versions were made between 1966 and 1993. There are oral renderings of the materials in cassettes made by Omar Kane Balla Ayssa and a translation in French made by Khadim Mbacke of IFAN, Dakar. Throughout the biography, the classical Arabic texts of the original work is generally given followed by translations and commentaries in Wolof. The Arabic and Ajami versions of this biography are considered to be the most extensive, most detailed, most reliable, and most cited biography of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba among Murids. The biography traces the life of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba from his childhood, and describes his physical, moral, and spiritual characteristics, his courage, education, knowledge, and his spiritual achievements and ranks, among others.
The original source in Arabic was completed around 1927, and the Wolofal versions were made between 1966 and 1993.
Digitized on 6 January 2012.
All pages are readable. Due to the quality of the photocopy some pages are dark and may be hard to read. A few pages are missing.