Aḥmadu Bamba's Pedagogy and the Development of ʿAjamī Literature

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2431237
AutoresFallou Ngom (0000-0002-2257-8386, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen52
Número1
Páginas99-123
Fecha de publicación2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1353/arw.0.0156
OpenAlexW2009595437
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas6

While African literature in European languages is well-studied, ʿajamī and its significance in the intellectual history of Africa remains one of the least investigated areas in African studies. Yet ʿajamī is one of the oldest and most widespread forms of literature in Africa. This article draws scholars' attention to this unmapped terrain of knowledge. First, it provides a survey of major West African ʿajamī literary traditions and examines the nexus between the pedagogy of Aḥmadu Bamba and the development of Wolofal (Wolof ʿajamī). Then, with reference to excerpts from Sëriñ Masoxna Ló's 1954 eulogy, it discusses the role of Wolofal in the diffusion of the Murīd ethos

Ethos · Political science · Social science · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies