{"id":3652,"date":"2020-12-12T12:29:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T17:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/?page_id=3652"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:36:51","slug":"wolofalu-maggal-gu-njekk-gi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/the-four-languages\/wolof\/wolof-manuscripts\/wolofalu-maggal-gu-njekk-gi\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem of the First M\u00e0ggal (Wolofalu M\u00e0ggal gu Nj\u00ebkk gi)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title<\/td>\nPoem of the First M\u00e0ggal (Wolofalu M\u00e0ggal gu Nj\u00ebkk gi)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author or Owner<\/td>\nSerigne Mor Kayre (author), Mame Mor Kayre (owner, grandson of the author)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subject<\/td>\nCommemoration, M\u00e0ggal, Touba, Muridiyya, Wolof Metaphors<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Content<\/td>\nThe document is a poem dealing with the first annual religious celebration of the Muridiyya of Senegal, known as M\u00e0ggal or Magal. The event was led by S\u00ebri\u00f1 Moodu Mustafaa Mbakke also known as Serigne Mouhamadou Moustapha Mback\u00e9, Hamdil Mustafaa, Hamdi or Amdi. He was the oldest son of Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba who became the first Caliph of the Muridiyya Sufi order after his father\u2019s death. The poem celebrates Moustapha\u2019s successful organization of the first commemoration of Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba\u2019s exile to Gabon in 1895. It highlights the preparations of the celebration and describes the atmosphere during the day. It also conveys the religious fervor, cheerfulness of disciples and the diversity of the people who made up the crowd on that day. To illustrate the successful organization of the event, the poet compares it with the day of Tabaski (Wolof for <\/span>\u02bf<\/span>\u012ad al-Kab\u012br) and the day of pilgrimage in Mecca. The poem celebrates the devotion of Moustapha, his kindness and generosity that mirror the virtues of Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba. It also situates Touba as a city of the same caliber as Medina and Mecca. Readers will note metaphors in the poem comparing Murid Islamic traditions to agriculture and farming, the celebrations in Touba to a cinema, God to an ocean and the Murid order without Mustafaa\u2019s leadership to a local board game called yoote. Finally, the poem reveals the tensions and struggles in the Murid order after Bamba\u2019s death and reiterates how Mustafaa\u2019s leadership, especially his establishment of the M\u00e0ggal, paved the way for the modern Sufi order to emerge.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genre<\/td>\nPoem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language<\/td>\nWolof<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Script<\/td>\nWolof Ajami<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manuscript condition<\/td>\nUnbound manuscript, due the poor conservation condition some pages and note pages are hard to read<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/td>\nHandwritten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publisher<\/td>\nUnpublished<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Provenance<\/td>\nTouba, Senegal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Source Reference<\/td>\nFallou Ngom, Yeneen mbindum Serigne Mor Kayre, British Library, EAP334\/14\/1: https:\/\/eap.bl.uk\/archive-file\/EAP334-14-1<\/a>
\nSee also: https:\/\/open.bu.edu\/handle\/2144\/3827<\/a><\/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, Cheikh Mouhamadou S. Diop, Gana Ndiaye, Martin Aucoin, Eric Schmidt, Alison Parker, Frank Antonelli, Shawn Provencal, and Mark Lewis.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Required citation information<\/td>\nFallou Ngom (PI), Elhadji Djibril Diagne, Cheikh Mouhamadou S. Diop, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Martin Aucoin, and other contributors. 2022. \u201cPoem of the First M\u00e0ggal.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/the-four-languages\/wolof\/wolof-manuscripts\/wolofalu-maggal-gu-njekk-gi\/<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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