Calling for Peaceful Elections (Kayira Daanoo Karta Fayi Tumoo)
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| Title | Calling for Peaceful Elections (Kayira Daanoo Karta Fayi Tumoo) |
| Author or Owner | Ahmadou Bamba Drame (owner), El-hadji Kawoussou Dramé (author) |
| Subject | Politics, Legislative Election, Peace, Political Tensions, Senegalese Politics, President Abdou Diouf, Casamance |
| Content | A poem in Mandinka Ajami written in the 1990s in the context of the lead up to a legislative election in Senegal. The author begins by calling for unity and peace for the country. He identifies himself as a supporter of Abdou Diouf, president of Senegal from 1981 to 2000, and lists local members of Diouf’s party who are running in the election. Then he describes recent local conflicts involving members of rival political parties. The poem is rich in metaphors appropriate for the pre-electoral context, such as, “The horse can run, but it does not know in advance which horse will arrive first!” The poem ends by lamenting the fact that children no longer respect their parents and urging children to be grateful. |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Language | Mandinka |
| Script | Mandinka Ajami |
| Manuscript condition | The manuscript is in good condition |
| Type | Handwritten |
| Publisher | Unpublished |
| Provenance | Sedhiou, Senegal |
| Source Reference | British Library: https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1042-20-1; Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. 2018. African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal: https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/37395 |
| Access condition and copyright | These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 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). |
| Contributors | Fallou Ngom, Ablaye Diakite, Bala Saho, Ousmane Cisse, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Eric Schmidt, Rebecca Shereikis, Alison Parker, Shawn Provencal, and Mark Lewis. |
| Required citation information | Fallou Ngom (PI), Ablaye Diakite, Bala Saho, Ousmane Cisse, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, and other contributors. 2022. “Calling for Peaceful Elections.” https://sites.bu.edu/nehajami/the-four-languages/mandinka/mandinka-manuscripts/kayiro-daanoo-karta-fayi-tumoo/ |
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