Ngom, Ibrahima2019-08-262019-08-262018-07-03Ngom, 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/2144/27112https://hdl.handle.net/2144/37275For 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 (Principal 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).Images taken at the home of the manuscript owner, Ibrahima Bayo in Tanaff, Sedhiou, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in July 2018. The first image is of the manuscript owner being interviewed by Ibrahima Yaffa at his home.Ibrahima Bayo was born in Bunoo in the region of Sedhiou in Senegal where he started his Quranic studies. He spent six years in Bunoo before his family moved to Bijini in Guinea-Bissau where he spent nine years continuing his advanced Islamic studies. Then, he moved to Kignini-Balantacouda in the region of Sedhiou where he spent seventeen years. He now lives in Tanaff where he serves as a Quranic teacher and a marabout (religious leader and healer).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).http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/SenegalBayo, IbrahimaYaffa, IbrahimaManuscript ownersKolda, SenegalSedhiou, SenegalImageAfrican Studies Center, Boston University