Wolofal script project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Historically, arabic was used in muslim societies of africa for communicating outside of the ethnic group and for dealing with most theological, legal, and. Digitized collections online islamic manuscript studies research. This is the case of bamba, the founder of muridiyya, who is said to have encouraged serigne moussa ka, one of his senior disciples, to shift from writing in arabic to wolofal wolof ajami. The writing below is excerpted from reward to the grateful. Poem written by one of the most prominent poet in woloff literature, disciple and relative of the servant of the prophet, khadimu rassul. From some of these repositories, digitized manuscripts may be downloaded in their entireity as pdf. Experience on the management of the first imported ebola. Following the footsteps of madiakhate kalla, serigne moussa ka and his contemporaries of the tijani brotherhood like serigne hady toure focussed, in their. Serigne moussa ka understands that fall initiated devoting ones life to his sheikh in search of aura wolof tarbiya.
The poem is written by serigne saliou ka, son of serigne moussa ka, to honour his fathers work in disseminating cheikh ahmadou bambas teachings and murid ethos to the wolof masses through wolofal poetry. It is basically the name of a west african ajami script as used for that language wolofal was the first script for writing wolof language. Wolofal was the first script for writing wolof language. The murid ethic and the spirit of entrepreneurship development. Muusaa, khaadimul khadiim, the one who has surpassed. In the following lines, we will first focus on the historical background of the latter historiography which we see as a recipe in a context of domination. Well known in the mouride brotherhood, ibrahima fall established the influential baye fall movement neil savishinsky 1994 contends that sheikh ibrahima fall is one of the first and most illustrious of ahmadu bambas disciples. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Each page is also available as a separate, larger, jpg file. Moussa gueye chapter 2 mp3wolofal marsiya mame thierno.
Ben moi jarrive,p3 a mettre limage fin limpression decran. Bernardinum, cardinal stefan wyszynski university in warsaw, 2020. Thus, wolofal is written from right to left, following current wolof word division rules. Aug 26, 2015 wolofal wolofal is wolof ajami, that is, wolof written in arabic characters. Bamba, founder of the muridiyya doctrine, was famous for his wolofal. Sergine saliou ka was also the scribe of this manuscript. From some of these repositories, digitized manuscripts may be downloaded in their entireity as pdf files. In other cases, only image by image viewing is possible, but for the complete manuscript. Moussa ka, one of the early disciples of cheikh ahmadou. In a manuscript of the yusuf ibn abd al hadi alhanbali entitled the beginning of the shield in the wearing of the sufi cloak, he is listed within a sufi spiritual genealogy. Pdf script choice, politics, and bible agencies in west africa.
Serigne moussa ka in the murid wolofal literary tradition unpublished ms. Tribute to serigne moussa ka 1965 endangered archives. The poem is written by serigne saliou ka, son of serigne moussa ka, to honour his fathers work in disseminating cheikh ahmadou bambas teachings and. Telecharger wolofal serigne mbaye diakhate sous le format mp3. This material is a tribute to serigne moussa ka, a wellknown poet and follower of cheikh ahmadou bamba. Feb 25, 2021 extent and quality of the digital surrogate vary, as do navigation, display and download. Since wolofal arose in a context of conflict and strife between colonial power and religious propaganda and cultural identity, the senegalese scholars were using it to lay the foundations. Sheikh diop 1980 confirms the great importance of ibrahima fall to mouridism, stating that sheikh ahmadou bamba and sheikh ibrahima fall realise the symbiosis of mouride values, pray and work. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id.
Well assume youre ok with this, but you can optout if you wish. Wolofal serigne mbaye diakhate wolofal serigne moussa ka serigne mbaye diakhate cheikh samba diarra mbaye serigne. May 20, 2010 serigne moussa ka luum lo na foore ya fi wonn raam lona kangam ya fi woon daane na mbeur ya fi newoon nuroom amul ci xarnu bi. Alxuraan bu nu tekki ci wolof the quran translated in wolof. Based on the interview with the owner, the poem was written in 1965. It is one of the many anticolonial poems and stories that have been preserved in ajami script. Marsiya serigne moussa ka tribute to serigne moussa ka 1965 the material is a tribute to serigne mouss ka, a wellknown poet and follower of cheikh ahmadou bamba. Fallou ngom pi, cheikh tidiane fall coapplicant, ablaye diakite researcher, birane gassama researcher technical.
World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. Muusaa ka perhaps the most famous of the first generation of murid wolofal writers, muusaa ka c. Serigne moussa ka uses numerous chronograms throughout the poem to provide key historical dates. In some cases these images may be downloaded or printed. 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.
I have not visited all religious and rural towns in the country, and it is likely that there are more scholars whose works in wolof, pulaar or mandinka are still unknown outside their communities. Marsiya serigne moussa ka openbu boston university. A traditional arabicbased transcription of wolof called wolofal dates back to the precolonial period and is still used by many people. Due to the poor conservation condition and ink stains, some words may be hard to read. Although the latin alphabet is the official script of the language in todays senegal, wolofal is still used by many people as a symbol of islamic wolof culture. Digitized collections online islamic manuscript studies.
Like the neighbouring language pular, it belongs to the atlantic branch. On the way to the ocean, a poem by serigne moussa ka about the deportation by the french of the sufi leader bamba 18951902. Fallou ngom in collaboration with warawarc and boston university library. Pan rican eical ournal 2122supp 1 ousso bdoulaye et al. Wolofal is a derivation of the arabic script for writing the wolof language. That was the reason why, serigne moussa ka, one of the lieutenants of sheikh ahmadou bamba who is the founder of the mourid brotherhood stated the following. Wolofal manuscripts, senegal openbu boston university. Pdf on jan 1, 2009, andy warrenrothlin published script choice, politics, and bible. During his long and prolific literary career he wrote for a multitude of subjects and genres, including homiletic, prophetic and saintly biography and praise, mysticism.
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