Images of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Drame and of the community of Sunna-Karantaba
Date
2018-09-29
DOI
Authors
Ngom, Ibrahima
Version
OA Version
Citation
Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. (2018). African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal. Boston: Boston University Libraries: https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27112
Abstract
Images of manuscript owner Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Drame (right) and of the community of Sunna-Karantaba, Sedhiou, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in September 2018.
Description
For technical assistance, please contact open-help@bu.edu. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Fallou Ngom (Pricipal Investigator; Director, African Studies Center), Ablaye Diakité (Local Project Manager), Mr. Ibrahima Yaffa (General Field Facilitator), and Ibrahima Ngom (photographer). Technical Team: Professor Fallou Ngom (Principle Investigator, Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). This collection of Mandinka Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. This is a joint project between BU and the West African Research Center (WARC), funded by the British Library/Arcadia Endangered Archives Programme. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are fully cited using the information below. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. (2018). African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/27112. For Inquiries: Please contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).
Biography: Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Drame was born and raised in Sunna-Karantaba in the region of Sedhiou, where he started his Islamic education. He left his hometown when he was 16 years old to pursue his advanced studies in The Gambia, Dakar, Louga (Cokki) and Mauritania. After his studies in 2019, he returned home. He currently serves as an Arabic teacher in the public French secondary school in Kolda, Senegal.
Biography: Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Drame was born and raised in Sunna-Karantaba in the region of Sedhiou, where he started his Islamic education. He left his hometown when he was 16 years old to pursue his advanced studies in The Gambia, Dakar, Louga (Cokki) and Mauritania. After his studies in 2019, he returned home. He currently serves as an Arabic teacher in the public French secondary school in Kolda, Senegal.
License
These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).