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2023 Islamic Africa

doi:10.1163/21540993-15010000

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Word as Nourishment: Mandinka Proverbs of Senegambia

Saho, Bala

2023 Islamic Africa

doi:10.1163/21540993-20230007

AbstractUsing Mandinka ʿAjamī sources, the article explores the meaning, purpose, and usefulness of proverbs among the Mandinka people of Casamance, Senegal and The Gambia who speak the variety known as Western Mandinka. Proverbs are by nature vehicles for the transmission of moral, ethical, and...

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“Beating the Drums in God’s Wrestling Arena”: Spirituality Translated into Local Metaphor in Wolof Sufi ʿAjamī Poetry

Ndiaye, Gana; Rowley, Margaret; Diagne, Elhadji Djibril

2023 Islamic Africa

doi:10.1163/21540993-20230008

AbstractHow do ʿAjamī scholars translate Sufi spirituality and esoteric concepts into a language accessible to their audience? The body of Senegalese Wolof ʿAjamī poetry often seeks to translate divine concepts into a language that is local, both in time and place. This translation takes place...

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African ʿAjamī in the Digital Environment: Typographic and Technological Challenges

Jamra, Mark; Patel, Neil

2023 Islamic Africa

doi:10.1163/21540993-20230009

AbstractWith Africa poised at the threshold of a typographic renaissance, its writing systems often face unique challenges when entering the digital environment. This chapter offers an overview of the current state of technical support for the digitization and creation of African ʿAjamī texts,...

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African ʿAjamī Library Project: A Ten-Year Retrospective

Castro, Eleni

2023 Islamic Africa

doi:10.1163/21540993-20230010

AbstractThis article provides an in-depth look at the past ten years of the African ʿAjamī Library project, founded and led by Dr. Fallou Ngom, Professor of Anthropology and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University, with the goal to serve as a digital continental open...

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The Qurʾān and Knowledge of God in West Africa: The Sufi Tafsīr of Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse

Wright, Zachary

2023 Islamic Africa

doi:10.1163/21540993-20230013

AbstractQurʾān exegesis (tafsīr) in African Muslim societies represented the pinnacle of scholarly achievement, and public explanation of the Qurʾān was the event that marked the emergence of one of Africa’s most successful Sufi revivals, the “Community of the Flood” of the Senegalese Shaykh...

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