{"id":3638,"date":"2020-12-12T12:20:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T17:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/?page_id=3638"},"modified":"2022-08-05T15:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:47:50","slug":"soxna-aysatu-mbakke-kajoor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/the-four-languages\/wolof\/wolof-manuscripts\/soxna-aysatu-mbakke-kajoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography of Lady Aysatu Mbakke-Kajoor (Soxna Aysatu Mbakke-Kajoor)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title<\/td>\nBiography of Lady Aysatu Mbakke-Kajoor (Soxna Aysatu Mbakke-Kajoor)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author or Owner<\/td>\nLes Structures Soutenant l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Magal (author)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subject<\/td>\nBiography, History, Gender, Women, Education, Murid Society<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Content<\/td>\nThe document deals with the birth, upbringing, education, and virtues of Soxna Aysatu Mbakke, a daughter of Ahmadu Bamba. She was born in Patar in 1878 and died in Mbakke-Kajoor in 1914. The document highlights her closeness to her father, her moral virtues, and usefulness to people. According to the document, she was the first woman to serve as Shaykha (spiritual leader) in the Muridiyya. In the Wolof society, namesakes are believed to inherit seven qualities from those they are named after. Thus, many children in the Mbakke family are named after her so that they may emulate and inherit her character and virtues. In addition to serving as a biography of Lady Aysatu, the document also gives contemporary readers a glimpse of what kinds of feminine traits and virtues were deemed worthy of emulation in Murid society at the time. It notes how in addition to Lady Aysatu\u2019s devotion to her father, to the Prophet and to scholarly learning and leadership, she continued to fulfill her domestic duties in both her own household and those of her male relatives. And finally, the document cements Lady Aysatu\u2019s central role in Bamba\u2019s family and early Murid society.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genre<\/td>\nProse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language<\/td>\nWolof<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Script<\/td>\nWolof Ajami<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manuscript condition<\/td>\nPrinted, good condition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/td>\nPrinted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publisher<\/td>\nUniversit\u00e9 du Magal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Provenance<\/td>\nTouba, Senegal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Source Reference<\/td>\nLes Structures Soutenant l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Magal, Jaar-Jaari Magi Murid yi: Xaaj bu Nj\u00ebkk [The Itineraries of Murid Elders: Part 1] (Touba, Senegal: Universit\u00e9 du Magal, 2015), 157-160.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access condition and copyright<\/td>\nThese 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).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contributors<\/td>\nFallou Ngom, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Elhadji Djibril Diagne, Gana Ndiaye, Eric Schmidt, Martin Aucoin, Cheikh Mouhamadou S. Diop, Alison Parker, Shawn Provencal, and Mark Lewis.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Required citation information<\/td>\nFallou Ngom (PI), Elhadji Djibril Diagne, Cheikh Mouhamadou S. Diop,\u00a0 Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Martin Aucoin, and other contributors. 2022. \u201cBiography of Lady Aysatu Mbakke-Kajoor.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/the-four-languages\/wolof\/wolof-manuscripts\/soxna-aysatu-mbakke-kajoor\/<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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