{"id":599,"date":"2017-10-17T14:45:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T18:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/humanitiesforums\/files\/2017\/10\/Fallou-Ngom.m4a"},"modified":"2017-10-23T10:34:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:34:28","slug":"fallou-ngom","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/humanitiesforums\/fallou-ngom\/","title":{"rendered":"Fallou Ngom"},"author":12639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"description":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-599-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/humanitiesforums\/files\/2017\/10\/Fallou-Ngom.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/humanitiesforums\/files\/2017\/10\/Fallou-Ngom.m4a\">\/humanitiesforums\/files\/2017\/10\/Fallou-Ngom.m4a<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\nPanel II<br \/>\nFallou Ngom, Boston University<br \/>\nAjami Digital Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities<\/p>\n<p>Although written records are rarely regarded as part of sub-Saharan Africa\u2019s intellectual heritage, important bodies of Ajami literature (records of African languages written in Arabic script) have existed in Africa for centuries. I show in this talk how Ajami Digital Scholarship can ensure that African Ajami manuscripts are no longer treated as insignificant vestiges, but rather as major sources of local knowledge without which a holistic and in-depth understanding of Africa will remain elusive.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>\/humanitiesforums\/files\/2017\/10\/Fallou-Ngom.m4a Panel II Fallou Ngom, Boston University Ajami Digital Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities Although written records are rarely regarded as part of sub-Saharan Africa\u2019s intellectual heritage, important bodies of Ajami literature (records of African languages written in Arabic script) have existed in Africa for centuries. I show in this talk how Ajami Digital Scholarship can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"file","mime_type":"audio\/mpeg","media_details":{"dataformat":"mp4","codec":"ISO\/IEC 14496-3 AAC","sample_rate":44100,"channels":2,"bits_per_sample":16,"lossless":false,"channelmode":"stereo","bitrate":131696.55504366363,"compression_ratio":0.09332238877810631,"fileformat":"mp4","filesize":17737984,"mime_type":"audio\/mp4","length":1013,"length_formatted":"16:53","artist":"","album":"","sizes":{}},"post":null,"source_url":"\/humanitiesforums\/files\/2017\/10\/Fallou-Ngom.m4a","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/humanitiesforums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/humanitiesforums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/humanitiesforums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/humanitiesforums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12639"}]}}